Decatur, or, round of applause for your stepmother! – Sufjan Stevens (2005) d1123
The sound of the engines and the smell of the grainWe go riding on the abolition grain trainSteven A. Douglas was a great debaterBut Abraham Lincoln was the great emancipator
Atom and Evil – Golden Gate Quartet (2008/1946) d1108
Now if Evil gets Atom, ’twill be such a shameBecause a-plenty of big shots are playin’ that dameNow his sleep will be troubled, and his life will be cursedLord, if Atom plays with evil, Jack, he won’t be the first!(So true!)
Windowsill – Arcade Fire (2007) d1107
Don’t wanna give ’em my name and addressDon’t wanna see what happens nextDon’t wanna live in my father’s house no moreDon’t wanna live with my father’s debt
Girl in the war – Josh Ritter (2006) d1106
But now talkin’ to God is Laurel beggin’ Hardy for a gunI gotta girl in the war, man I wonder what it is we done
A cosa serve la guerra – Edoardo Bennato (2003) d1103
A cosa serve la guerra diciamo la verità What is war for? Let’s tell the truth
Poor places – Wilco (2002) d1102
They cried all over overseasIt makes no difference to meIt’s hot in the poor places tonightI’m not going outside
American skin (41 shots) – Bruce Springsteen (2000) d1100
We’re baptized in these waters and in each other’s blood
Better days – Goo Goo Dolls (2006) d1074
And you asked me what I want this yearAnd I try to make this kind and clearJust a chance that maybe we’ll find better days‘Cause I don’t need boxes wrapped in stringsAnd designer love and empty thingsJust a chance that maybe we’ll find better days
