Lyrics and links to anti-war songs
The more things change, the more they stay the same
Phil Ochs, 1969
Video I ain't marchin' anymore
Phil Ochs - I aint marching anymore
Saw some people requesting some Phil Ochs. So I thought id share this with them.
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I Ain't Marching Anymore
by Phil Ochs
Oh I marched to the battle of New OrleansAt the end of the early British war
The young land started growing
The young blood started flowing
But I ain't marchin' anymore
For I've killed my share of Indians
In a thousand different fights
I was there at the Little Big Horn
I heard many men lying
I saw many more dying
But I ain't marchin' anymore
It's always the old to lead us to the war
It's always the young to fall
Now look at all we've won with the sabre and the gun
Tell me is it worth it all
For I stole California from the Mexican land
Fought in the bloody Civil War
Yes I even killed my brother
And so many others
And I ain't marchin' anymore
For I marched to the battles of the German trench
In a war that was bound to end all wars
Oh I must have killed a million men
And now they want me back again
But I ain't marchin' anymore
For I flew the final mission in the Japanese sky
Set off the mighty mushroom roar
When I saw the cities burning
I knew that I was learning
That I ain't marchin' anymore
Now the labor leader's screamin' when they close the missile plants,
United Fruit screams at the Cuban shore,
Call it "Peace" or call it "Treason,"
Call it "Love" or call it "Reason,"
But I ain't marchin' any more.
Music Video: Universal Soldier performed by Donovan
Universal Soldier
by Buffy Sainte-Marie (1964)
He fights with missiles and with spears
He's all of 31 and he's only 17
He's been a soldier for a thousand years
He's a Catholic, a Hindu, an atheist, a Jain,
a Buddhist and a Baptist and a Jew
and he knows he shouldn't kill
and he knows he always will
kill you for me my friend and me for you
And he's fighting for Canada,
he's fighting for France,
he's fighting for the USA,
and he's fighting for the Russians
and he's fighting for Japan,
and he thinks we'll put an end to war this way
And he's fighting for Democracy
and fighting for the Reds
He says it's for the peace of all
He's the one who must decide
who's to live and who's to die
and he never sees the writing on the walls
But without him how would Hitler have
condemned him at Dachau
Without him Caesar would have stood alone
He's the one who gives his body
as a weapon to a war
and without him all this killing can't go on
He's the universal soldier and he
really is to blame
His orders come from far away no more
They come from him, and you, and me
and brothers can't you see
this is not the way we put an end to war.
Tom Paxton - George W. told the nation
George W. Told The Nation ( By Tom Paxton)
Folk singer Tom Paxton's song, "George W. Told the Nation" with film of George W. Bush, and troops in Iraq.
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Tom Paxton - Lyndon Johnson told the nation
Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation (Tom Paxton)
Previously, I hadn't known Tom Paxton wrote "George W. Told the Nation" as a spin off from an earlier song "Lyndon Johnson told the Nation." Thanks to a comment on the video I made of "George W. Told the nation" by Carol, I became aquainted with the song. Here is Tom Paxton singing his anti vietnam war song "Lyndon Johnson told the Nation" with images of the era, which also includes my father's own "letter from LBJ" For anyone interested in the period of the Vietnam war and reaction to it back home in the United States, Michael Wright's Memoirs is linked below. http://members.aol.com/mpwright9/memoirs.html
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Tom Paxton's What did you learn in school today?
Performed by Pete Seeger, 1964
Pete Seeger - What Did You Learn In School?
Pete singing on BBC's 'Tonight In Person' in 1964. (Ripped from Folk Sounds of the Sixties, BBC4, 2006). Apologies for the watermark which appears. I hope to upload a watermark-free version in the future.
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Lyrics for What Did You Learn in School Today?
Words and Music by Tom Paxton
Dear little boy of mine?
What did you learn in school today,
Dear little boy of mine?
I learned that Washington never told a lie.
I learned that soldiers seldom die.
I learned that everybody's free.
And that's what the teacher said to me.
That's what I learned in school today.
That's what I learned in school.
(...)
What did you learn in school today,
Dear little boy of mine?
What did you learn in school today,
Dear little boy of mine?
I learned our government must be strong.
It's always right and never wrong.
Our leaders are the finest men.
And we elect them again and again.
That's what I learned in school today.
That's what I learned in school.
What did you learn in school today,
Dear little boy of mine?
What did you learn in school today,
Dear little boy of mine?
I learned that war is not so bad.
I learned of the great ones we have had.
We fought in Germany and in France.
And some day I might get my chance.
That's what I learned in school today.
That's what I learned in school.
Marvin Gaye
What's Goin On
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 - Ya
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
Picket lines and picket signs
Don't punish me with brutality
Talk to me, so you can see
Oh, what's going on
What's going on
Ya, what's going on
Ah, what's going on
In the mean time
Right on, baby
Right on
Right on
Father, father, everybody thinks we're wrong
Oh, but who are they to judge us
Simply because our hair is long
Oh, you know we've got to find a way
To bring some understanding here today
Oh
Picket lines and picket signs
Don't punish me with brutality
Talk to me
So you can see
What's going on
Ya, what's going on
Tell me what's going on
I'll tell you what's going on - Uh
Right on baby
Right on baby
What's Goin' On -- Video
Marvin Gaye, 1973
Marvin Gaye "What's Going On / What's Happening Brother"
An excerpt from the recently released DVD of some of Marvin's greatest live performances on TV and film, "Real Thing: In Performance 1964-1981," This live performance comes from the long out-of-circulation 1973 film, "Save The Children" with James Jamerson on bass.
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Ohio by Neil Young
Four Dead in Ohio
A video collage of still images commemorating the 36th Anniversary of the killing of four college students by National Guardsman at Kent State in 1970
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Edwin Starr's War
Neil Young 2007
Barry McGuire Eve of Destruction
Eve Of Destruction Video
Eve of Destruction by Barry McGuire video that a friend made.
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Buffalo Springfield
For What it's Worth
Buffalo Springfield "For What It's Worth"
A slide-show with clips of anti-Vietnam War protests and marches set to Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth." I made this last year to go with some school project.
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Graham Nash
Chicago
Chicago
Music video project for history class. Chicago by Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young.
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Arlo Guthrie
Music Sources
Rise Up Singing: The Group Singing Songbook (15th Anniversary Edition)
Amazon Price: $15.61 (as of 12/02/2008) 
I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound: The Best Of Tom Paxton
Amazon Price: $9.98 (as of 12/02/2008)
Phil Ochs in Concert
Amazon Price: $9.99 (as of 12/02/2008)
Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964-1976
Amazon Price: $14.99 (as of 12/02/2008)
Living with War
Amazon Price: $14.99 (as of 12/02/2008)
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