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| Music has always been
an
important part of the progressive movement.
Songwriters are able to express thoughts and ideas in their lyrics that
are not easily expressed in conversation. Many musicians have lent
their talents to progressive causes as well as being politically
outspoken. Below are some of the musicians and bands who have
consistently promoted and practiced progressive ideas. The lyrics
to
Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land" are provided as a prime
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THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND words and music by Woody Guthrie
Chorus: This land is your land, this land is my land From California, to the New York Island From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters This land was made for you and me
As I was walking a ribbon of highway I saw above me an endless skyway I saw below me a golden valley This land was made for you and me
Chorus
I've roamed and rambled and I've followed my footsteps To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts And all around me a voice was sounding This land was made for you and me
Chorus
The sun comes shining as I was strolling The wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling The fog was lifting a voice come chanting This land was made for you and me
Chorus
As I was walkin' - I saw a sign there And that sign said - no tresspassin' But on the other side .... it didn't say nothin! Now that side was made for you and me!
Chorus
In the squares of the city - In the shadow of the steeple Near the relief office - I see my people And some are grumblin' and some are wonderin' If this land's still made for you and me.
Chorus (2x)
©1956 (renewed 1984), 1958 (renewed 1986) and 1970 TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. (BMI)
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| Chapman,
Tracy |
DiFranco, Ani
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| Dixie
Chicks |
Earle, Steve |

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| Franti , Michael & Spearhead |
Guthrie, Woody |

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| Ochs, Phil |
Pearl Jam |
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| Rage Against the Machine |
Seeger, Pete |
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| Springsteen, Bruce |
Young, Neil |
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