Paul Simon - Peace Like A River

[rosesaylavee]

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A song for our friends in the OCCUPY Movement on Wall Street and around the world.

Again, Paul Simon is ahead of the curve.

Peace.

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Ah, peace like a river ran through the city
Long past the midnight curfew
We sat starry-eyed
oh, oh, we were satisfied

O-o-oh, And I remember
Misinformation followed us like a plague
Nobody knew from time to time
If the plans were changed
Oh, oh, oh, if the plans were changed.

You can beat us with wires
You can beat us with chains
You can run out your rules
But you know you can't outrun the history train
I seen a glorious day, aiee------

Ah, four in the morning
I woke up from out of my dreams
Nowhere to go but back to sleep
But I'm reconciled
Oh, oh, oh, I'm going to be up for a while
Oh, oh, oh, I'm going to be up for a while
Oh, oh, oh, I'm going to be up for a while

[stellanoir]

1. an oldy but a goody

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6fxJePN94U&ob=av2n

[rosesaylavee]

2. YES!

I am hearing his lyrics again for the first time this fall. They are so apt. Just so right on for what we are collectively experiencing. Have heard them all a million times... but this fall, they are striking a chord with me in a new way.


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And I don't know a soul who's not been battered
I don't have a friend who feels at ease
I don't know a dream that's not been shattered
or driven to its knees
But it's all right, it's all right
We've lived so well so long
Still, when I think of the road
we're traveling on
I wonder what went wrong
I can't help it, I wonder what went wrong

And I dreamed I was dying
And I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly
And looking back down at me
Smiled reassunngly
And I dreamed I was flying
And high up above my eyes could clearly see
The Statue of Liberty
Sailing away to sea
And I dreamed I was flying

We come on the ship they call the Mayflower
We come on the ship that sailed the moon
We come in the age's most uncertain hour
and sing an American tune
But it's all right, it's all right
You can't be forever blessed
Still, tomorrow's going to be another working day
And I'm trying to get some rest
That's all I'm trying to get some rest

[rosesaylavee]

3. Ha! an unrec? Really?

[stellanoir]

4. Don't sweat the un rec

I think he turned 60 recently.

I'll wikipedia soon.

An incrdibly constant voice.

[rosesaylavee]

5. oh, not sweating it... just amused.

damn trolls.

[On the Road]

6. That Song is So Beautiful

I can't believe it's not better known.

[rosesaylavee]

7. The lyrics fit so well with the OCCUPY movement

I esp like this line: "But you know you can't outrun the history train"