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The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-11 10:06 PM
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Songs for Troy Davis - add your own
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Webster Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-11 10:18 PM
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1. The first one that came to mind.....
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-11 10:20 PM
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2. I posted this in a thread ... The lyrics hit home.
"I'm Not the Man"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3qHkJnYK4E

It crawls on his back, won't ever let him be.
Stares at the walls until the cinder blocks can breathe.
His eyes have gone away, escaping over time.
He rules a crowded nation inside his mind.

He knows that night like his hand.
He knows every move he made.
Late shift, the bell that rang, a time card won't fade.
10:05 his truck pulled home.
10:05 he climbed his stair, about the time he was accused of being there.

But I'm not the man.
He goes free as I wait on the row for the man
to test the rope he'll slip around my throat... and silence me.

On the day he was tried no witness testified.
Nothing but evidence, not hard to falsify.
His own confession was a prosecutor's prize,
made up of fear, of rage and of outright lies.

But I'm not the man.
He goes free as the candle vigil glows, as they burn my clothes.
As the crowd cries, "Hang him slow!" and I feel my blood go cold, he goes free.

Call out the KKK, they're wild after me.
And with that frenzied look of half-demented zeal,
they'd love to serve me up my final meal.

Who'll read my final rite and hear my last appeal?
Who struck this devil's deal?
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Brigid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-11 11:43 PM
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3. Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
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CrawlingChaos Donating Member (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-11 11:52 PM
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4. Mercy Seat by Johnny Cash
http://youtu.be/n8CzFVm1Yio

The sadness tonight is overwhelming. Tomorrow the rage will take over.
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Kalidurga Donating Member (627 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-11 12:56 AM
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5. Most days I think we have come a long way....
today is not one of those days...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXdnD39GYVU
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