Thoughts On Listening To *This Land Is Your Land”
I had a dream today, got me thinking,
On the bus on the way home from work,
A dream I’ve had before,
A dream many have probably had
I was on television, talking and singing,
The whole world was a’ watchin’
Woody Guthrie was a’ watchin’
Pete Seeger, he was a ’watchin’
Bruce Springsteen, he was a ’watchin’
And old orange face, Mr. Trump, he was a ’watchin’ too
Kept droppin’ the big TV remote outta his small hands, poor thing,
Anyways, like I said, I was on TV,
Had a guitar in my hands,
Strapped over my favorite flannel shirt,
And my favorite pair of Levis
And my bestest boots. I was a’ wearing all of that
And the song I was gonna sing,
This Land Is Your Land,
Well it weren’t no regular song, sir,
It was, I reckon, one of the most beautiful songs
I ever heard, I was telling people about it,
It was all about this country of ours,
And all its’ natural beauty,
And how it was built for you,
And built for me
And how it was built for him,
And him,
And her
And her
And the preacher
And the doctor
And the lawman
And the bus driver
And the children playing in the schoolyard,
Sir it was built for them too,
It didn’t make no mention of names
Nor what school they went to,
Nor even if they didn’t go to school, well it didn’t mention that neither
Nor what church they go to, who they pray to, iffn they pray at all,
No, sir, not even where they come from,
Not which part of town, not which coast,
Not which country,
Cuz everybody here comes from someplace else in the long run, don’t they?
Iffn ya trace it back far enough, I mean, we all come from immigrants
– Well, almost all of us –
Yes, sir, the song was plain and simple and beautiful, and indeed
This here land was made for you, and me, and him, and him, and her, and her
All to share equally, don’t that sound like a place you wanna live in, sir?
I know I would, if I could find it.
What say we find it together, sir?
Click the link below to listen to This Land is Your Land – Live by Bruce Springsteen
https://open.spotify.com/track/4MvJlIpDpdZi4sCXvAhrym
