Give A Damn-Noel Paul Stookey

[ti:Give A Damn] [ar:Noel Paul Stookey] [al:The Solo Recordings (1971 - 1972)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Give A Damn (介意) - Noel Paul Stookey [00:09.19]You remember the song called give a damn [00:11.51]Some group sang last summer [00:13.10] [00:13.85]About people livin' with rats and things [00:16.00]The paper couldn't cover [00:17.40] [00:18.43]Well it wasn't very popular [00:19.63] [00:21.04]Nobody wanted to hear [00:22.19] [00:23.38]And that's a shame 'cause a pretty tune [00:25.18]Was just what we needed that year [00:26.95] [00:28.86]The first thing nobody wanted to hear [00:30.90]Was damn that was on the label [00:33.19]I mean it's okay if you just read it there [00:35.61]But you didn't bring it up at the table [00:37.78]So the radio didn't play the song [00:39.48] [00:40.24]Except on the FM stations [00:41.79] [00:42.81]Until some looter worked his way [00:44.76]Down to the united nations [00:46.47] [00:49.56]Then word got around that there's this song [00:51.75]All about the riots and stuff [00:53.94]So they played give a damn on the noon report [00:56.17]Just once but that was enough [00:57.86] [00:58.60]Some cameraman with groovy footage [01:00.93]Of glowing embers and charred remains [01:03.20]Put the pictures with the song on the six o'clock news [01:05.71]Following the baseball game [01:07.12] [01:11.04]Then everybody said it was a real fine song [01:13.22]Why didn't we hear it before [01:14.86] [01:15.57]Let's all blame the radio stations [01:17.84]For bringing on the domestic war [01:19.64] [01:22.27]Oh sure we'd seen some articles [01:24.17]We knew some people needed help [01:26.39]But social workers take care of that [01:28.83]I mean why give a damn yourself [01:30.30] [01:34.00]Well the reason that you didn't [01:35.66] [01:37.00]Reason that you won't [01:38.24] [01:39.44]Is you think you got a lot to lose [01:41.59]And the other fella don't [01:43.61]Oh you give a damn well so does he [01:46.45]You think the rest of us are just fakin' [01:48.79]I mean what do you need that you got to give [01:51.23]Less than what you're takin' [01:53.44]Where could you go [01:54.85]Who could you see [01:55.89]What could you do the best [01:57.78] [01:58.69]The book is in your left hand [02:00.21] [02:01.11]Your right hand knows the address [02:02.62] [02:03.48]Address your questions address your money [02:05.86]Address your telephone number [02:07.51] [02:08.19]But above all else please address yourself [02:10.44]To give a damn this summer