Unknown Soldier - Doors
For What it's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
Woodstock - Joni Mitchell
Sky Pilot - Eric Burdon and the Animals
War - Edwin Starr
Get Together - Youngbloods
What's Going On? - Marvin Gaye
Shipbuilding - Elvis Costello
Ohio - CSNY
Born in the USA - The Boss
Joni Mitchell singing about the "bomber death planes riding shotgun in the sky...turning into butterflies above our nation" has always been one of those lyrics that seems "stuck" in my head. It's not a bad thing.
posted by Jo Fish on 07.22.05 at 08:58 AM
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A partial list, there's many more.
Eve of destruction - Barry McGuire
Universal soldier - Buffy Saint Marie
I ain't marching anymore - Phil Ochs
Waist deep in the Big Muddy - Pete Seeger
Deja Vu (All Over Again) - John Fogarty
Masters of war - Bob Dylan
Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Jimmy Newman - Tom Paxton
and finally 50,000 names - Jamie O'Hara
There's Teddy Bears and High School rings
And old photographs that Mama's bring
Of Daddies with their young boys playing ball
There's combat boots - he used to wear
When he was sent over there
And there's 50,000 Names carved in THE WALL.
There's cigarettes and cans of beer
And notes that say: "I miss you, dear."
And children who don't say anything at all
There's Purple Hearts and packs of gum
Fatherless daughters and fatherless sons
And there's 50,000 Names carved in THE WALL.
They come from all across this land
In pick-up trucks and mini-vans
Searchin' for a boy from long ago
They scan THE WALL and find his name
Teardrops fall like pouring rain
And silently they leave their gift and go.
There's Stars of David and Rosary Beads
And Crucifixion Figurines
And flowers of all colors, large and small
There's a Boy Scout Badge and a Merit Pin
Little American flags wavin' in the wind
And there's 50,000 Names carved in THE WALL.