“Rollin’ in my sweet baby’s arms
Rollin’ in my sweet baby’s arms
Lay around the shack
Till the mail train comes back
I’m rollin’ in my sweet baby’s arms”
Wish I’s rollin’ in sweet Earth’s arms
Just a rollin’ in sweet Earth’s arms
Gotta get off my back
Ain’t ’nuff good-railroad-track
Rollin’ in sweet Earth’s arms
Well … Beautiful spaaacious skies
Beautiful spaaacious skies
They were there
For the natives and the bear
Beautiful spaaacious skies
You think that this is your Land
But once, believe me, twas mine
“You pushed my nation
To the reservation”2
You stole all this Land such a crime
Don’t want amber waves of grain
No not those amber waves of grain
They’re imported you see
And killed man-y a tree
These damn amber waves of grain
Hey! …
Don’t you love … the warm sunshine
Frio water which really is so fine
South Texas clean air
Native grasses over there
Wish this truly was our sweet lair
Gotta reduce our ec’logical footprint
Remove that bad synthetic scent
Yes I’m telling you true
Or this Earth’ll be all through
Gotta reduce our ec’logical footprint
Artificial can be a terrible menace
In agreement with me is old Dennis
Cars, big homes should be banned
Do more with our legs and hands!
Artificial can be a terrible menace.
Living within our means
Living within our means
That does not mean
Brand-spanking new jeans
Living within our means
Well you ask what’s the ‘cautionary Principle
Well this is the best that I can do
Critically think
Or you’re thick as two short planks
That’s the ‘cautionary Rule
Social justice is the most important
Must all heed … the Golden Rule
But ecological sanity
Also good for humanity
Holistically … heed the Golden Rule
Yeah it really is a big disgrace
I’ll tell you right to your face
Unions are an ace
But Cit’ United a disgrace
I will tell you right to your face
Agin! …
Cit’ United just ain’t quite right
No! Cit’ United just ain’t quite right
Was all about
Lousy quests for more might
Cit’ United just ain’t quite right
He’s no statesman haaas no shame
No decency ne’er takes the blame
I’m so god-damned depressed
As you may well have guessed
Ugly America’s the name of his game
Winning without any ethics
Lying and brainwashing too
They really piss me off
Wanna dump ‘um in a pig trough
Winning without any ethics
It all has to do with complacency
Brought on by religions you see
Some propaganda to win
Even screw your next of kin
It’s mostly the gotdamn apathy
The only thing of wooorth you see
LBJ said it … to both you and me
Teach’, preach’, pooolitician
Is what you gotta be
The only thing of wooorth you see
Natural resources drawn doown an’ overshot
It really really makes me hot
[Global Climate Change]
Nevertheless
There’s one thing that is worse
Disparity is such a dreadful curse
We’ve all gotta share with all others
Leave some for the poor and forlorn
For the Palestinians over there
All the birds, butterflies and hare
Leave some for the poor and forlorn
Peace is what we must strive for
It’s that for which we do long
Pacifism!
Yes nonviolence!!
Got to be very, very strong
Hey! …
There’s one thing I have to tell you!
And tell ol’ Jack and Judy too
If this isn’t a hit
I don’t give a shit
Making War is rotten through and through.
No! …
I don’t care what they think about me
I really don’t give a damn
Got to try for PEACE3
Our lives are but on lease
Yeah I really don’t give a damn
Yeah! …
I’m not the best of examples
No I’m not a thing for you to be
Still I have to try
For PEACE3 or I will cry
Though I’m not the best of examples
Well! …
Ain’t going to hell or to heaven
Most of me’ not going to the sky
I’ll be down in the earth
Where I’ll wish you less dearth
Hope to be with some PEACE3 before I die
“Rollin’ in my sweet baby’s arms
Rollin’ in my sweet baby’s arms
Lay around the shack
Till the mail train comes back
I’m rollin’ in my sweet baby’s arms”
Wish I’s rollin’ in sweet Earth’s arms
Just a rollin’ in sweet Earth’s arms
Gotta get off my back
Ain’t ’nuff good-railroad-track
Rollin’ in sweet Earth’s arms
pbm 2/2/2020
[ 7 Ss / VV->^^ ]
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1 I was listening to Leon’s version of “Roll in My Sweet Baby’s Arms” on Mattson’s 92.1 New Braunfels on a Sunday afternoon on the way to Devine down 35 when much of this started rollin’ out. On this voyage (in our old pickup) to care for Mom for a couple of days, I frantically and dangerously scribbled and captured the essence of the verses on a note pad which was luckily in my suitcase in the adjacent seat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BleiMA2TcFI
2 From Pete Seeger’s version of Woody’s “This Land Is Your Land”.
3 Positively Ethical Applied Community Ecology.
