Journal created:
on 9 November 2003 (#1447604)
Updated:
on 7 September 2005
Name:
Paul
Location:
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
The First Amendment: Remember it.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
"One of the last things Marley wrote was 'Redemption Song.' It was the very last song he performed in public, as he perched on a stool onstage that night in Pittsburgh, September 22nd, 1981, accompanied by only his acoustic guitar. Weary, knowing his death was inside him, the house lights bearing down on him, sweat pouring from his face, Marley sang a personal prayer that invited us all in:
How long shal they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look
Some say it's just a part of it
We've got to fulfill the book
Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom
'Cause all I ever had, redemption songs
All I ever had, redemption songs
These songs of freedom
He must have known he was singing his epitaph. You see the pain drawing his face, you hear the yearning, the resignation, the strained love in his voice, and you want to say to him: Don't cry. Keep singing.
But nobody had to tell him that. He did it his whole life, up to the last note."
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
"One of the last things Marley wrote was 'Redemption Song.' It was the very last song he performed in public, as he perched on a stool onstage that night in Pittsburgh, September 22nd, 1981, accompanied by only his acoustic guitar. Weary, knowing his death was inside him, the house lights bearing down on him, sweat pouring from his face, Marley sang a personal prayer that invited us all in:
How long shal they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look
Some say it's just a part of it
We've got to fulfill the book
Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom
'Cause all I ever had, redemption songs
All I ever had, redemption songs
These songs of freedom
He must have known he was singing his epitaph. You see the pain drawing his face, you hear the yearning, the resignation, the strained love in his voice, and you want to say to him: Don't cry. Keep singing.
But nobody had to tell him that. He did it his whole life, up to the last note."
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