Rockland-The Lilac Time

[ti:Rockland] [ar:The Lilac Time] [al:The Lilac Time] [by:] [offset:0] [00:18.24]Hold back the edges of your gowns [00:21.80]You asked for hell elected clowns [00:24.68]With no dissent for how things are [00:27.80]Or gently pushed beneath a car [00:30.74]Our leaders are assassins' friends [00:33.76]And we aren't needed for their ends [00:36.96]No industry or open wars [00:40.15]So cut health care and lock the doors [00:42.96]But I'm with you if you're with me [00:46.09]Take my hand I'm with you in Rockland [00:53.84]I'm with you in Rockland [01:00.34]And don't it make you want to howl [01:04.46] [01:13.61]So where's the champion [01:14.85]Of Mary Queen O'Scots [01:16.35]And liberty and chivalry [01:19.42]To damn the MI5 for C N D [01:22.63]I need someone with a memory [01:25.51]Of what we used to mean by morally [01:28.76]And all we can find is old Jack Ruby [01:31.57]When the victor rewrites history [01:35.01]The napalm lights his vanity [01:37.82]I'm with you if you're with me [01:41.01]Take my hand I'm with you in Rockland [01:48.88]I'm with you in Rockland [01:55.01]And don't it make you want to howl [01:56.71] [02:17.15]Josephine the singer called [02:18.03]She made a comeback in the psychiatric ward [02:20.92]Where the shock is mightier than the sword [02:23.73]And the adverts obscure the blackboard [02:27.23]And chalk is something we can't afford [02:29.73]And the only class is how to be bored [02:33.36]But my hopes are still on the soul horse [02:36.24]This is my Woody for president waltz [02:39.05]'Cause I'm with you if you're with me [02:41.92]Take my hand I'm with you in Rockland [02:49.86]I'm with you in Rockland [02:55.87]And don't it make you want to howl