A Change Is Gonna Come (Sam cooke)

I was born by the river, In a little tent. Oh, and just like the river, I've been running ever since
It's been a long, A long time coming, but I know, A change gon' come, Oh yes it will

It's been too hard living, But I'm afraid to die, 'Cause I don't know what's up there Beyond the sky
It's been a long, A long time coming, but I know, A change gon' come, Oh yes it will

I go to the movie, And I go downtown, And somebody keep telling me "Don't hang around"
It's been a long, A long time coming, but I know, A change gon' come, Oh yes it will

Then, I go to my brother, And I say "Brother, help me, please"
But he winds up knockin' me Back down on my knees, oh

There been times that I thought, I couldn't last for long. But now I think I'm able, To carry on
It's been a long, A long time coming, but I know, A change gon' come, Oh yes it will

What’s Going On (Marvin Gaye)

Mother, mother, There's too many of you crying

Brother, brother, brother, There's far too many of you dying, You know we've 

got to find a way, To bring some lovin' here today, eheh

Father, father, We don't need to escalate
You see, war is not the answer, For only love can conquer hate
You know we've got to find a way, To bring some lovin' here today, oh oh oh

Picket lines, _and picket signs, Don't punish me, with brutality, Talk to me, so you can see, 

Oh, what's goin’ on, What's goin’ on, Yeah, what's goin’ on, Ah, what's goin’ on

(what’s goin’ on) (what’s goin’ on) (what’s goin’ on) (what’s goin’ on)

A yay ya...Right on, baby, Right on brother, Right on babe

Mother, mother, everybody thinks we're wrong

Oh, but who are they to judge us, Simply 'cause our hair is long

Oh, you know we've got to find a way, To bring some understanding here today Oh oh oh

Find The Cost of Freedom (Stephen Stills)

Find the cost of freedom, buried in the ground. 

Mother earth will swallow you, lay your body down.

Find the cost of freedom, buried in the ground. 

Mother earth will swallow you, lay your body down.

Ohio (Neil Young)

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming, _We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming, _Four dead in Ohio.

Gotta get down to it _Soldiers are gunning us down

Should have been done long ago.

What if you knew her and _found her dead on the ground

How can you run when you know?

Na nanana na na na na

Gotta get down to it _Soldiers are gunning us down

Should have been done long ago.

What if you knew her and _found her dead on the ground

How can you run when you know?

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming, _We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming, _Four dead in Ohio.

Four dead in Ohio

Keep On Rockin’ in the Free World (Neil Young)

There’s colors on the street, Red, white, and blue

People shuffling their feet, People sleeping in their shoes

There’s a warning sign on the road ahead, 

There’s a lot of people saying we’d be better off dead
Don’t feel like Satan, but I am to them, 

So I try to forget it any way I can

(unison) Keep on rockin' in the free world (4x)

I see a woman in the night, with a baby in her hand
There's an old street light (near a garbage can) near a garbage can
Now she put the kid away and she’s gone to get a hit, 

She hates her life and what she’s done to it
There’s one more kid that’ll never go to school, 

Never get to fall in love, never get to be cool

(unison) Keep on rockin' in the free world (4x)

We got a thousand points of light For the homeless man
We got a kinder, gentler machine gun hand

We've got department stores and toilet paper, 

Got styrofoam boxes for the ozone layer
Got a man of the people says keep hope alive, 

Got fuel to burn, got roads to drive

(unison) Keep on rockin' in the free world (4x)

Ourstory (Bert Keely)

We been learnin, we been growin, we got here by knowin’ just how to all get along.

What we still don't know, is where we're goin, so many roads to choose from in just one song

In just one year we've seen floods and we've seen fires, 

and we seen snakes a comin’up out of the Capitol lawn.

We gotta be firm in our desire, to take care of this_one_world where we got the power

We're not makin his story now, we're makin ours.

Before we had words we drew_our_sto_ries _on the walls.
& we beat drums to call_us together - before we had songs.
And then we got men who say they talk to a higher judge,
they use their gods to stack the odds, and before too long,
In just one year a man like that gets addicted to power. 

He’ll say he’s not_u_sing_God, God’s using him.
Well we gotta be firm in our desire, to get the facts before we give the power

& that’s why we're not makin his story now, we're makin ours.

It’s our story,     ooo   ooo

Makin’ our story,   Singin’ our story ooo ooo

You may wanna progress, you may wanna conserve
We might get both if we find a center to hold, but it’s gonna take nerve
That’s why we need a new story! And it’s not about glory! 

It’s about finding where we can all win, & then doin it again and again
In just one year, we can change the course of ourstory, 

black brown red or white, we all belong
We gotta be firm in our desire, to take care ofthis_one_world where we got the power
We're not makin his story now, we're makin ours.

It’s our story,     ooo   ooo

Makin’ our story,   Singin’ our story ooo ooo

Writin’ our story, Tellin’  our story ooo ooo

Golden Opportunity (Susan Esterly)

You say we’re missing something, and time is on the fly
Well your glass is just half-full, and here’s the reason why

It’s our Golden Opportunity, a land of hatred in a sea of lies
Seething snakes of corruption, Time to organize

Here’s our Golden Opportunity

Tilt the angry faces, up to the sky
The iris of Mother Earth, a new state of mind

Trade love for hatred, Truth for lies
Together we collaborate, Heed our battle cry
Raise our voices together, Take a knee
Carry the message from all the people, Strength in unity

Here’s our Golden Opportunity

This Old House (Neil Young)

Midnight, that old clock keeps ticking, The kids are all asleep and I'm walking the floor.
Darlin' I can see that you're dreaming, And I don't wanna wake you up when I close the door.

This old house of ours is built on dreams And a businessman don't know what that means.

There's a garden outside she works in every day And tomorrow morning 

a man from ICE is gonna come and take it all away.

Lately, I been thinking 'bout daddy, & how he always made things work when the chips were down,
& I know I've got something inside me, There's always a light there to guide me to what can't be found.

This old house of ours is built on dreams And a businessman don't know what that means. There's a swing outside gets played on every day And tomorrow morning 

a man from ICE is gonna come and take it all away.

Take it all away (take it all away),
take it all away (take it all away).
Take it all away (take it all away, take it all away.

Remember how we first came here together? Standing on an empty lot, holding hands.
Later, we came back in the moonlight & made love right where the kitchen is, then we made our plans.

This old house of ours is built on dreams And a businessman don't know what that means.

There's a garden outside she works in every day And tomorrow morning 

a man from ICE is gonna come and take it all away.

Take it all away (take it all away),
take it all away (take it all away).
Take it all away (take it all away, take it all away.

Long May You Run (Neil Young)

_We've been through  some _things together With trunks of memories still to come
We found things to do in stormy weather Long may you run

Long may you run, long may you run Although these changes have come

_With your chrome heart shining, in the sun Long may you run

Well, it was back in Blind River in 1962 When I last saw you alive
But we missed that shift on the long decline Long may you run

Maybe the Beach Boys have got you now

With those waves singing "Caroline" (Oh "Caroline, No")

Rolling down that empty ocean road _Get in_to_the surf  on  time

Long may you run, long may you run Although these changes have come

_With your chrome heart shining, in the sun Long may you run

No Kings Here (in E Tom Paxton)

No Kings Here Not in my America

No Kings Here, Not in my USA

_Got no need for royalty _We believe in loyalty

To what we call democracy No Kings Here.

George Washington was president, Not just once but twice

_And when they offered him a crown, They gave him this advice:

No Kings Here Not in my America

No Kings Here, Not in my USA

_Got no need for royalty _We believe in loyalty

To what we call democracy No Kings Here.

When Betsy Ross sewеd up the flag, She found one thing was truе
There was no room for purple, It was all Red White and Blue

No Kings Here Not in my America

No Kings Here, Not in my USA

_Got no need for royalty _We believe in loyalty

To what we call democracy No Kings Here.

We had a king once, years ago, Back in days of yore
He showed us what kings were like, So we showed him the door

No Kings Here Not in my America

No Kings Here, Not in my USA

_Got no need for royalty _We believe in loyalty

To what we call democracy No Kings Here.

_Got no need for royalty _We believe in loyalty

To what we call democracy No Kings Here

Ain't gonna let nobody turn me around

Ain't gonna let nobody, turn me around, Turn me around, turn me around

Ain't gonna let nobody, turn me around

Keep on a walking, keep on a talking, Marching up to freedom land

Ain't gonna let no autocrat

Ain't gonna let homophobia

Ain't gonna let gerrymandering

Ain't gonna let white supremacy 

Ain't gonna let vote suppression

Ain't gonna let speech suppression

Ain't gonna let government shutdowns

Ain't gonna let nobody, turn me around

Turn me around, turn me around

Ain't gonna let nobody, turn me around

Keep on a singing, keep on a swinging

Marching up to freedom land

The Times They are a-Changin' (Bob Dylan)

Come gather 'round people where ever you roam, 

and admit that the waters around you have grown, 

and accept it that soon you'll be drenched to the bone

if your time to you is worth savin' 

then you better start swimmin' or you'll sink like a stone for the times they are a- changin' 

Come writers and critics who prophesize with your pen
and keep your eyes wide, the chance won't come again,
and don't speak too soon for the wheel's still in spin
and there's no tellin' who that it's namin',
for the loser now will be later to win for the times they are a-changin'.

Come senators, congressmen, please heed the call -
don't stand in the doorway, don't block-up the hall,
for he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled,
there's a battle outside and it's ragin' -
it'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls for the times they are a-changin'.

Come mothers and fathers througout the land,
and don't criticise what you can't understand -
your sons and your daughters are beyond your command,
your old road is rapidly agin'
please get out of the new one if you can't lend your hand for the times they are a-changin'.

The line it is drawn, the cause it is cast,
the slow one now will later be fast,
as the present now will later be past -
the order is rapidly fadin',
and the first one now will later be last for the times they are a-changin'.

For What it’s Worth (Steven Stills)

_There's something happening here, what it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there telling me I got to beware

I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound, everybody look what's going down

There's battle lines being drawn, nobody's right if everybody's wrong
_Young people speaking their minds Gett’n so much resistance from behind

I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound, everybody look what's going down

What a field-day for the heat (oh oh ooo) A thousand people in the street
Singing songs and carrying signs Mostly say _hooray for our side

I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound, everybody look what's going down

Par- anoia strikes deep, Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid, You step out of line, the man come & take you away

I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound, everybody look what's going down

Cowgirl in the Sand

Hello cowgirl in the sand (Hello cowgirl in the sand) Is this place at your command

Can I stay here for a while Can I see your sweet sweet smile

Old enough now to change your name When so many love you is it the same?

It's the woman in you that makes you want to
play this game.

Hello ruby in the dust (Hello ruby in the dust) Has your band begun to rust
After all the sin we've had I was hopin' that we turn back
Old enough now to change your name When so many love you is it the same
It's the woman in you that makes you want to play this game.

Hello woman of my dreams (Hello woman of my dreams) This is not the way it seems
Purple words on a grey background To be a woman and to be turned down
Old enough now to change your name When so many love you is it the same
It's the woman in you that makes you want to play this game.

Don't Let It Bring You Down

Old man lying by the side of the road, with the lorries rolling by

Blue moon sinking from the weight of the load, and the
buildings scrape the sky

Cold wind ripping down the alley at dawn, and the morning paper flies
Dead man lying by the side of the road, with the daylight in his eyes, Don't let it bring you

down, It's only castles burning, Find someone who's 

Turning And you will come around

Blind man running through the light of the night, with an answer in his hand
Come on down to the river of sight, and you can really understand
Red lights flashing through the window in the rain, can you hear the sirens moan?
White cane lying in a gutter in the lane, if you're walking home alone

_Don't let it bring you

down, It's only castles burning, Just find someone who's turning & you will come around

Out on the Weekend

Think I'll pack it in and buy a pick-up Take it down to L.A.
Find a place to call my own and try to fix up Start a brand new day
The woman I'm thinking of, she loved me all up, But I'm so down today

She's so fine, she's in my mind, I hear her callin'

See the lonely boy, _out on the weekend, Trying to make it pay
Can't relate to joy, _he tries to speak and, Can't begin to say

She got pictures on the wall, they make me look up, From her big brass bed
Now I'm running down the road trying to stay up, Somewhere in her head
The woman I'm thinking of, she loved me all up, But I'm so down today
She's so fine, she's in my mind, I hear her callin'

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

I think I'd like to go _back home, And take it easy There's a
woman that I'd like to get _to know, Living there

Everybody seems to wonder _What it's like down here

I gotta get away from this day-to-day running around, Everybody knows this is 

Nowhere (la la la, la la la) Everybody, everybody
Knows (la la la, la la la) Everybody knows.

Every time I think about _back home It's cool and breezy
I wish that I could be there _right now Just passing time.

Everybody seems to wonder _What it's like down here

I gotta get away from this day-to-day running around, Everybody knows this is 

Nowhere (la la la, la la la) Everybody, everybody
Knows (la la la, la la la) Everybody knows.

Harvest Moon

Come a little bit closer, hear what I have to say
_Just like children sleepin', we could dream this night away.

_But there's a full moon risin', let's go dancin' in the light
_We know where the music's playin', let's go out and feel the night.

BecauseI'mstill in love with you, I want to see you dance again
Cause I'm still in love with you,         on this harvest moon.

When we were strangers, I watched you from afar
When we were lovers, I loved you with all my heart.
But now it's gettin' late, and the moon is climbin' high I want to celebrate, see it shinin' in your eye.

Rpt chorus

Only Love Can Break Your Heart

When you were young and on your own, How did it 

feel to be alone?

(8va) I was always thinking of games that I was playing

Trying to make the best of my time

But only love can break your heart, Try to be
sure right from the start, Yes only
love can break your heart, What if your
world should fall apart?

I have a friend I've ne- -ver seen, He hides his
head inside a dream
(8va) Someone should call him and see if he can come out
Try to lose the down that he's found

Rpt chorus

I have a friend I've ne- -ver seen, He hides his
head inside a dream, Yes only
love can break your heart Yes only
love can break your heart

Comes a Time (two step in G, Bert sings, Susan above, Tony below)

Comes a time when you're driftin' Comes a time when you settle down
_Comes a light, feelings liftin' Lift that baby right up off the ground

Oh, this old world keeps spinnin' 'round It's a wonder tall trees ain't 

layin' down There comes a time

You and I, we were captured We took our souls and we flew away
_We_were right, we were giving That's how we kept what we gave away

Rpt chorus

Comes a time...

After the Gold Rush

Well, I dreamed I saw the knights in armor coming Sayin' something about a queen

There were peasants singin' and drummers drumming And the archer split the tree

There was a fanfare blowin' to the sun That was floating on the breeze

Look at mother nature on the run in the nineteen seventies (2x)

I was lyin' in a burned-out basement With a full moon in my eyes
I was hopin' for replacement When the sun burst through the sky
There was a band playin' in my head And I felt like getting high
I was thinkin' about what a friend had said, I was hopin' it was a lie (2x)

Well, I dreamed I saw the silver spaceships lying In the yellow haze of the sun
There were children crying and colors flying All around the chosen ones
All in a dream, all in a dream The loading had begun
Flyin' mother nature's silver seed To a new home in the sun
Flyin' mother nature's silver seed (rit) To a new… home (end holding F)

Helpless

There is a town in north Ontario,
With dream comfort memory to spare,
And in my mind I still need a place to go,
All my changes were there.

Blue, blue windows behind the stars,
Yellow moon on the rise,
Big birds flying across the sky,
Throwing shadows on our eyes, Leave us 

He- elpless, helpless, helpless
Baby can you hear me now?
He- elpless, helpless, helpless
The chains are locked and tied across the door,
He- elpless, helpless, helpless
Baby, sing with me somehow. 

Helpless, helpless, helpless.

Old Man

_Old man, look at my life, I'm a lot like you were (2x)

_Old man, look at my life, I'm a lot like you were

Old man, look at my life, twenty four and there's so much more

Live alone in a paradise that makes me think of two.

Love lost, such a cost, give me something that don't get lost.
Like a coin that won't get tossed, rolling home to you.

Old man take a look at my life I'm a lot like you, I need someone to love me the whole day through
Just one look in my eyes and you can tell that's true.

Lullabies, look in your eyes, Hang around in the same old town.
Doesn't mean that much to me, to mean that much to you.   
I've been first and last, look at how the time goes past. Now I'm all alone at last. Rolling home to you.

interlude

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Rpt chorus

_Old man, look at my life, I'm a lot like you were (2x)

_Old man, look at my life, I'm a lot like you were

Cortez the Killer

He came dancing across the water, With his galleons and guns

Looking for the new world, And a palace in the sun

On the shore lay Montezuma With his coca leaves and pearls
In his halls, he often wandered With the secrets of the world

And his subjects gathered 'round him, Like the leaves around a tree
In their clothes of many colors, For the angry gods to see

And the women all were beautiful, And the men stood straight and strong
They offered life in sacrifice, So that others could go on

Hate was just a legend, And war was never known
The people worked together, And they lifted many stones

And they carried them to the flat lands, But they died along the way
And they build up with their bare hands, What we still can't do today

And I know she's living there, And she loves me to this day
I still can't remember when or how I lost my way

He came dancing across the water, Cortez, Cortez
What a killer

Cinnamon Girl (dropD, Tony & Susan sing)

I wanna live with the cinnamon girl, I could be happy the rest of my life with the cinnamon girl
A dreamer of pictures I run in the night, see us together chasing the moonlight, my cinnamon girl

Ten silver saxes, a bass with a bow, the drummer relaxes and waits between shows for his cinnamon girl

A dreamer of pictures I run in the night, you see us together chasing the moonlight, my 

cinnamon girl

Pa give me money now I gotta make it somehow, I need another chance

See your baby loves to dance, yeah, yeah, yeah

Down By The River

Be on my side, I'll be on your side, baby There is no reason for you to hide
It's so hard for me staying here all alone When you could be taking me for a ride.

Yeah,
she could drag me over the rainbow, send me away

Down by the river I shot my baby Down by the river,

Dead, oh, shot her dead.

You take my hand, I'll take your hand Together we may get away
This much madness is too much sorrow It's impossible to make it today.

Yeah,
she could drag me over the rainbow, send me away

Down by the river I shot my baby

Down by the river I shot my baby

Dead, oh, shot her dead.

Be on my side, I'll be on your side, baby There is no reason for you to hide
It's so hard for me staying here all alone When you could be taking me for a ride

Megan Montgomery

Megan Montgomery, you’re a magical girl.

You always brings joy to me, and joy to the world

Planting gardens in so many places, growing smiles on so many faces, it’s a 

wonderful way to be, Megan Montgomery!

Since you were a little girl, you’ve always acted this way.
Doin’ what’s helpful, even your teachers would say:
“Megan can you help the boys remember their lines, _convince those moody girls they’re doin’ just fine. You always make a difference with a sense that’s uncommon today.

Your music is a gift, and we’re so glad that you share.
Songs of love and hope and resistance and burdens you bear.
Your beauty pours out into the air, brings us to tears, not of dispair but of the
joy one finds, when witnessing a talent so rare.   

And now you’ve made a mini-Bert, well what can I say?
“I got you, I got you, I got you,” that’s what we all say today!
_Marvin and John have the sweetest of hearts, _your family’s making a very good start, and tomorrow there’ll be even more games we can play!

Megan Montgomery, you’re a magical girl.
You always brings joy to me, and joy to the world
Planting gardens in so many places, growing smiles on so many faces, it’s a
wonderful way to be, Megan Montgomery! Megan Montgomery! (Keely)

Take Me Home

Ocean