"Oh her power shall rest on the strength of her freedom" - Phil Ochs (video and wise words)

[ConsAreLiars]

Watch/hear the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ob7cDBMc6g
And read the comments.

Lyrics from: http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~trent/ochs/lyrics.html

The Power And The Glory
By Phil Ochs

Come and take a walk with me thru this green and growing land
Walk thru the meadows and the mountains and the sand
Walk thru the valleys and the rivers and the plains
Walk thru the sun and walk thru the rain

Here is a land full of power and glory
Beauty that words cannot recall
Oh her power shall rest on the strength of her freedom
Her glory shall rest on us all (on us all)

From Colorado, Kansas, and the Carolinas too
Virginia and Alaska, from the old to the new
Texas and Ohio and the California shore
Tell me, who could ask for more?

Yet she's only as rich as the poorest of her poor
Only as free as the padlocked prison door
Only as strong as our love for this land
Only as tall as we stand

< extra verse supplied by Sonny Ochs >

But our land is still troubled by men who have to hate
They twist away our freedom & they twist away our fate
Fear is their weapon and treason is their cry
We can stop them if we try

[ConsAreLiars]

1. Another video, Chicago 1968, with a reading list for those with only a sniff of a clue.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQNYGj5q4Qk&feature=related

[tomg]

2. One of the best. Saw him

a number of times. Met him. Had a few drinks with him once when I was 18. Saw him perform just a few weeks before he died. We need voices like his now as much - or more - than we did then. Pleasures of the Harbor is one of the most beautiful albums.