Some folks are born, made to wave the flag
Ooh, they're red, white and blue
And when the band plays "Hail to the Chief"
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no senator's son, son
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one,
Some folks are born, silver spoon in hand
Lord, don't they help themselves
But when the taxman come to the door
Lord, the house lookin' like a rummage sale, yeah
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no millionaire's son, no no
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one, no
Yeah, some folks inherit star-spangled eyes
Ooh, they'll send you down to war, Lord
And when you ask 'em, "How much should we give?"
Ooh, they only answer, "More, more, more, more!"
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no military son, son, Lord
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one, one
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York island
From the redwood forests to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me
As I went walking that ribbon of highway
And I saw above me that endless skyway
I saw below me that golden valley
This land was made for you and me
I roamed and rambled, and I follered my footsteps
To the sparklin sands of her diamond deserts
All around me a voice was sounding
This land was made for you and me
There was a big high wall there, that tried to stop me
The sign was painted, it said "Private Property"
But on the back side it didn't say nothin
This land was made for you and me
When the sun come shining, then I was strolling
And the wheat fields waving, and the dust clouds rolling
A voice was chanting as the fog was lifting
This land was made for you and me
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York island
From the redwood forests to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me
Well, I must say... That was really quite dance-able. The message, true or not, even as a mixture of what is true and or merely conservative meme is
explosively presented.
Do you remember the move with Tim Robbins? ''Bob Roberts"?
He's a conservative guy that takes up the folk singing mantle and goes forth preaching a conservative message instead of the liberal message prevalent
in the sixties.. Great little film.