Ballad Of Billy Baird-Sandy Rapp

[ti:Ballad Of Billy Baird] [ar:Sandy Rapp] [al:Salute To The Veteran Feminists] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Ballad Of Billy Baird - Sandy Rapp [00:03.23]Eight times in jail was Billy Baird [00:06.32] [00:07.60]That young and gentle pioneer [00:10.60] [00:12.08]Took to the streets when he saw a woman die from [00:18.13]An underground abortion [00:19.54] [00:21.12]What keeps ya goin' Billy Baird [00:23.74] [00:25.52]What keeps the flowers in your hair [00:28.48] [00:30.21]You been so long singin' the good song [00:34.55]You keep the sixties rollin' on [00:37.25] [00:39.42]He bought a van with all he had [00:41.93] [00:43.74]And set about to spread the word [00:46.48] [00:48.31]When just a mention of prevention was illegal [00:53.92]To be heard [00:55.68] [00:57.60]Three times in court was Billy Baird [01:00.25] [01:01.91]The highest court in all the land [01:04.34] [01:06.41]When it was seen as criminally obscene [01:10.17]To speak of a parenthood that's planned [01:13.68] [01:15.22]If the right of privacy means anything at all [01:18.88] [01:19.78]It is to choose whether or not to bear a child [01:23.91]So spoke the court in 'seventy two [01:26.12]When Billy Baird's first case [01:28.30]Made birth control legal for singles in the USA [01:32.74] [01:36.94]What keeps ya goin' Billy Baird [01:39.86] [01:41.23]What keeps the flowers in your hair [01:44.51] [01:45.86]You been so long singin' the good song [01:50.27]You keep the sixties rollin' on [01:52.83] [01:55.00]There was a bomb in 'seventy-nine [01:57.52] [01:59.45]No doubt that bill was meant to die [02:02.38] [02:04.08]Billy escaped but the morning's break found [02:08.56]They burned his clinic to the ground [02:11.46] [02:13.04]They see the devil in his face [02:15.69] [02:17.56]And shoot the windows from his place [02:20.06] [02:22.07]They're for creation not information [02:26.29]And they've killed nine providers now to date [02:29.13] [02:30.96]And the court decided twice again for Billy Baird [02:35.21]And cited Baird v. Eisenstadt six times in Roe v. Wade [02:39.38] [02:40.08]Then Bill faced jail again this time for rights of gays [02:44.16]For years he was denied the vote for felonies such [02:47.53]As these [02:48.78] [02:52.69]Some leaders thought he'd cut a deal [02:55.09] [02:57.16]Too radical to be for real [02:59.66] [03:01.69]Maybe he's here to play [03:03.82]Maybe he's CIA [03:05.31] [03:06.00]Maybe he wouldn't last for long [03:08.66] [03:10.57]Forty years and five has been and gone [03:13.81] [03:15.12]Billy's doin' fine and goin' strong [03:18.31] [03:19.72]Still he's without a dime [03:21.99]Fightin' the good fight [03:23.80] [03:24.32]Keepin' the sixties in his song [03:26.84] [03:28.77]What keeps ya goin' Billy Baird [03:31.95] [03:33.13]What keeps the flowers in your hair [03:36.41] [03:37.86]When you been so long singin' the good song [03:42.40]You keep the sixties rollin' on [03:46.33] [03:46.88]You been so long singin' the good song [03:51.33]You keep the sixties rollin' on