What song do you think of

[madamesilverspurs]

when picturing Obama's inauguration?

My choice: Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land"

Yours?

[Ken Burch]

1. Tracy Chapman's "Talkin' About A Revolution"

and Phil Ochs' "Power and The Glory".

[Chipper Chat]

2. "We Shall Overcome"

A bit overused, but very apropo.

[graywarrior]

3. Times They Are A-Changing

Come gather 'round people
Wherever 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 is ragin'.
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
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 curse 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'.

[liberalmuse]

4. Same here!

And by god, on January 20th, I will watch with tears in my eyes as you set that poor duck free.

[graywarrior]

5. I hope I can live up to your expectations.

[DJ13]

6. "Gonna Raise Hell" by Cheap Trick

[CLANG]

7. Stairway to the Stars - BOC

[liberaltrucker]

8. "Follow the Drinkin' Gourd"

The drinkin' gourd, aka the Big Dipper. Ursa Major. North. Guidance for escaping
slaves on the Underground Railroad. Hmm, underground, maybe someone will invent some
sort of interweb.........

FOLLOW THE DRINKIN' GOURD

Spiritual from before The Civil War

Follow the drinkin' gourd
Follow the drinkin' gourd
For the old man is a-waiting
For to carry you to freedom
If you follow the drinkin' gourd

When the sun comes up
And the first quail calls
Follow the drinkin' gourd
For the old man is a-waiting
For to carry you to freedom
If you follow the drinkin' gourd

Edited to show context. Those folks are rejoicing in their post-biological existence.



When the sun comes up
And the first quail calls
Follow the drinkin' gourd
For the old man is a-waiting
For to carry you to freedom
If you follow the drinkin' gourd



Now the riverbank
Will make a mighty good road
Dead trees will show you the way
And the left foot, pegfoot
Travelin' on
Just you follow the drinkin' gourd

[DebJ]

9. "People all over the world, join hands, start a love train, love train."