Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Rereleases Workin' Man as a protest

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_2942.shtml

Fifteen years after the Nitty Gritty Dirt band had a country hit with "Workin' Man," the band has rereleased the record, hoping it will prompt fans to put some pressure on Washington about the nation's continuing unemployment problem.
Dirt Band founding member John McEuen is hoping that President George W. Bush will hear the song too, and perhaps be moved by it the way his father, former President George H.W. Bush, was inspired by another Dirt Band lyric during his administration.

"When George Bush Sr. was in the White House," said McEuen in an interview with United Press International, "he took a lyric from our hit 'Stand a Little Rain' to put on his desk: 'If you're ever going to see a rainbow, you have to stand a little rain.'"

Written by Dirt Band member Jimmie Fadden, "Workin' Man" is the lament of a man who has lost his farm and cannot find work.

"I am broke but not broken/And I am not alone/Cause there's a lot of folks/With nowhere to go," the song goes. "Are they ever gonna understand?/You can't leave a workin' man/With nowhere to go."

McEuen said the song "speaks to the heart of sombody who is or knows somebody who is unemployed -- which is pretty easy these days."

[WillyT]

1. Right On, Good Move !!! Ya Know What's Weird...

For the past couple of days I've been wonderin about Pink Floyd. A LOT of their lyrics emphasised the political, religious, industrial, and military manipulations and oppressions all around us.

I'm thinkin, this would be the perfect time in history for Gilmore and Waters to kiss and make up. Those two, with the rest of the band, coming out with a new albumn pointing out the current crap that they've been chronicling and warning us about over the past 30 years or so, would make one hell of a splash.

Remember, 'Dark Side of the Moon' was on Billboard's charts for over 700 weeks. That's roughly 14 years. And 'The Wall' was one of the biggest selling albumns in rock history as well. These guys could truly rock our world!!!

Even if they just came out with a remastered CD of past political songs titled, "We Told You So" would make an impression!

Or, should I just take another hit offa this here bong, LOL???

:shrug::hippie::shrug:

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

4. never, ever, ever going to happen

Waters and Gilmore hate each other, and have for a very long time.

[WillyT]

5. Well, Hope Springs Eternal, Ya Know !!!

Wish two of my favorite assholes would grow up, get over it, and put their picks where their mouths WERE at!!!

:shrug:

[wyldwolf]

2. I beg your pardon, mamma, what did you say?

[nannygoat]

3. Yeah, remember when poppy mangled their name?

http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/linguistics/news/bush.htm

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It could just be fatigue, but it also could be genetic. The governor's father was known for verbal missteps during his White
House years. The former president once referred to the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band as the "Nitty Ditty Nitty Gritty Great Bird" He
called the spotted owl "that little furry-feathery guy."

In a slip with Freudian overtones, the elder Bush summed up the state of his presidency at one point by saying, "We have had
triumphs, we have made mistakes, we have had sex." Translators said he meant to say "setbacks."

[OneBlueSky]

6. Workin’ Man Lyrics

Sittin’ alone in the dark,
Wastin’ my time in a park
’cause I’ve got nowhere to go.
Had me a job til the market fell out,
Tried hard to borrow but there was no help
Now I’ve got nowhere to go.

I need a job for these two hands
I’m a workin’ man
With nowhere to go

One last look at my land
Auctioneer with his gavel in hand
And he says "it’s got to go."
Worked this peice all my life
It broke my heart and it took my wife
Now I’ve got nothing to show

I need a job for these two hands
I’m a workin’ man
With nowhere to go

Wandered aimless in the city
With my dirt workin’ boots and my old straw hat in hand
Singing a song by woody guthrie
This land is your land; it ain’t my land
I’m a workin’ man, with nowhere to go

I was born to the sunrise
Breaking back all day
Now I’ve got something to say
I am broke but not broken
And I am not alone
Cause there’s a lot of folks
With nowhere to go

Are they ever gonna understand?
You can’t leave a workin’ man
With nowhere to go.

Are they ever gonna understand?
You can’t leave a workin’ man
With nowhere to go