January 16, 2006

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  In further proof that I can find at least one song that perfectly suits any day of the year, any emotion, any experience, in the vast array of music produced by my favorite band over the years,  I would like to share this lyric — a tribute to the vision of a great man of peace, as seen through the eyes of a beloved British troubador, Dave Cousins, also a man of great vision and insight, and recorded with his band, Strawbs, in several versions over the years.  The link at the bottom is to one such recording, which is, incidentally, the very first Strawbs album I ever owned — responsible for introducing me to the magic that is their music…

  
  

   

  
  

  Martin Luther King’s Dream

  
  

  Dave Cousins – Strawbs (Old School Songs)

  
  

  Speak only with your voices
  And not the sword
  Listen to your leaders
  And the words of the Lord.
  
  Shake hands with your brothers
  Has been my theme
  For I have had a dream.
  
  While fury gathers ’round you
  Provoking you to hate
  Remember what I told you
  Don’t heed the dangled bait.
  
  Shake hands with your brothers
  Has been my theme
  For I have had a dream.
  
  The leaders of the country
  Are speaking much the same
  As those who’ve gone before them
  And those who are to blame.
  
  Shake hands with your brothers
  Has been my theme
  For I have had a dream.
  
  Proclaim a day of mourning
  And let the flags fly low
  The future is before us
  As I have told you so.

  
  

  
  Shake hands with your brothers
  Has been my theme
  For I have had a dream.
  

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