Mahatma Gandhi
ABRAHAM, MARTIN & JOHN
Daily Journal - January 15, 2007
Has anybody here seen my old friend Abraham?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lot of people,
But it seems the good they die young.
You know, I just looked around and he's gone.
Anybody here seen my old friend John?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lot of people,
But it seems the good they die young.
I just looked around and he's gone.
Anybody here seen my old friend Martin?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lot of people,
But it seems the good they die young.
I just looked 'round and he's gone.
Didn't you love the things that they stood for?
Didn't they try to find some good for you and me?
And we'll be free
Some day soon, and it's a-gonna be one day ...
Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up over the hill,
With Abraham, Martin and John.
Lyrics written by Dick Holler - 1968
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lot of people,
But it seems the good they die young.
You know, I just looked around and he's gone.
Anybody here seen my old friend John?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lot of people,
But it seems the good they die young.
I just looked around and he's gone.
Anybody here seen my old friend Martin?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lot of people,
But it seems the good they die young.
I just looked 'round and he's gone.
Didn't you love the things that they stood for?
Didn't they try to find some good for you and me?
And we'll be free
Some day soon, and it's a-gonna be one day ...
Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up over the hill,
With Abraham, Martin and John.
Lyrics written by Dick Holler - 1968
Abraham, Martin & John
& Bobby
& Bobby
Monday, January 15, 2007 - Who sang that song, Abraham, Martin and John?
I just found it - well, I found the lyrics, so I put them down below. Remember that
song? I haven't heard it in years and years and years.
And there was that awesome Gandhi movie. He read Thoreau's book, Essay on
Civil Disobedience, which helped him formulate his non-violent resistance
movement. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was also influenced by Thoreau's essay
and the work of Gandhi.
It's interesting to me that the people in power don't seem to really and truly want
a peaceful coexistence. They want to fight like a bunch of little brats instead of
getting along. Plus, war is very profitable. I said it before, they all need a time
out. It's all about making money off of fear...
I just heard that Dr. King kept a quote from Gandhi in his wallet - isn't that neat?
Why can't our leaders be peaceful people instead of disrespectful posers?
Makes no sense to me. But then, I am a Libra and so was Gandhi. God help us
all, djb
P.S. I just realized that Dick Holler wrote that song after Bobby Kennedy was
assassinated (June 8, 1968). I still remember where I was when I heard about it.
I just found it - well, I found the lyrics, so I put them down below. Remember that
song? I haven't heard it in years and years and years.
And there was that awesome Gandhi movie. He read Thoreau's book, Essay on
Civil Disobedience, which helped him formulate his non-violent resistance
movement. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was also influenced by Thoreau's essay
and the work of Gandhi.
It's interesting to me that the people in power don't seem to really and truly want
a peaceful coexistence. They want to fight like a bunch of little brats instead of
getting along. Plus, war is very profitable. I said it before, they all need a time
out. It's all about making money off of fear...
I just heard that Dr. King kept a quote from Gandhi in his wallet - isn't that neat?
Why can't our leaders be peaceful people instead of disrespectful posers?
Makes no sense to me. But then, I am a Libra and so was Gandhi. God help us
all, djb
P.S. I just realized that Dick Holler wrote that song after Bobby Kennedy was
assassinated (June 8, 1968). I still remember where I was when I heard about it.