In the air tonight – Phil Collins (1981) d533
Well if you told me you were drowning, I would not lend a hand I’ve seen your face before my friend, but I don’t know if you know who I am Well I was there and I saw what you did, I saw it with my own two eyes So you can wipe off that […]
The meaning of July fourth for the Negro – Frederick Douglass, read by James Earl Jones (2004) d532
Fellow-citizens, pardon me, allow me to ask, why am I called upon to speak here to-day? What have I, or those I represent, to do with your national independence? Are the great principles of political freedom and of natural justice, embodied in that Declaration of Independence, extended to us? and am I, therefore, called upon […]
It’s raining men – The Weathergirls (1982) d521
Humidity is rising (uh rising), barometer’s getting low (oh low, girl) According to all sources (what sources now), the street’s the place to go (we better hurry up)
I’m coming out – Diana Ross (1980) d520
There’s a new me coming out And I just had to live And I wanna give I’m completely positive I think this time around I am gonna do it Like you never knew it Oh, I’ll make it through The time has come for me To break out of this shell I have to shout […]
Jesus children of America – Stevie Wonder (1973) d517
Tell me holy (Holy roller) Holy roller (Are you standing) Are you standing (Like a soldier?) Like a soldier? (Well) Are you standing for everything you talk about? Holy roller Tell ’em Don’t lie to ’em Don’t tell lies (Tell ’em) Don’t lie to ’em
Save the world – Yolanda Adams (1993) d493
We’ve got to feed the hungry mind soul and body shelter feed and cloth everybody with much as we can please stretch out your hand.
Independence Day – Martina McBride (1993) d491
Let freedom ring, let the white dove sing Let the whole world know that today Is a day of reckoning.
Union maid – Billy Bragg, Mike & Ruthy Merenda, Dar Williams, New York City Labor Chorus [Woody Guthrie cover] (2009) d468
Thanks Melissa, for the suggestion. Sorry we’re a (May) day late. Oh, you can’t scare me, I’m sticking to the union, I’m sticking to the union, I’m sticking to the union. Oh, you can’t scare me, I’m sticking to the union, I’m sticking to the union ’til the day I die.
Mercy mercy me (the ecology) – Marvin Gaye (1971) d458
Whoa, ah, mercy mercy me Oh things ain’t what they used to be, no no Where did all the blue skies go?
