#Americans #Blacks
Landlord, landlord, My roof has sprung a leak. Don’t you 'member I told you abou… Way last week? Landlord, landlord,
I woke up this mornin’ ’Bout half-past three. All the womens in town Was gathered round me. Sweet gals was a-moanin’,
We passed their graves: The dead men there, Winners or losers, Did not care. In the dark
How quiet It is in this sick room Where on the bed A silent woman lies between two lo… Life and Death,
When I get to be a composer I’m gonna write me some music abou… Daybreak in Alabama And I’m gonna put the purtiest so… Rising out of the ground like a sw…
Only dumb guys fight. If I wasn’t dumb I wouldn’t be fightin’. I could make six dollars a day On the docks
Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams
I take my dreams and make of them… and a round fountain with a beauti… And a song with a broken heart and… Do you understand my dreams? Sometimes you say you do,
It would be nice In any case, To someday meet you Face to face Walking down
I will take you heart. I will take your soul out of your… As though I were God. I will not be satisfied With the touch of your hand
I went down to the river, I set down on the bank. I tried to think but couldn’t, So I jumped in and sank. I came up once and hollered!
I dream a world where man No other man will scorn, Where love will bless the earth And peace its paths adorn I dream a world where all
He glides so swiftly Back into the grass— Gives me the courtesy of road To let me pass, That I am half ashamed
Well, son, I’ll tell you: Life for me ain’t been no crystal… It’s had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up,
Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is… (America never was America to me.…
