Tom Paxton piosenki

Some friends and I have worked for years in deepest secrecy The work went on around the clock and I look for a treat We've built the perfect weapon, we're unveiling it today It turns the tanks to butter, but the people walk away. The bomb, the bomb, we fi...

A thought was born in the mind of a man And it didn't please you and it didn't please me. So we all got together and we made our plan To drown that thought in the deep blue sea. So we wrapped it up in a chain we bought For it didn't please you and it did...

Oh Sergeant I'm a draftee and I've just arrived in camp. I've come to wear the uniform and join the martial tramp. And I want to do my duty, but one thing I do implore You must give me lessons, sergeant, for I've never killed before. To do my job obedient...

There goes the mountain, father of fir trees Home for the grizzlies, under its snow Shorn of its timber, torn by the monsters Taken by truckloads to the great plains below There goes the mountain, the avalanche maker Heaven's caretaker, breeder of stream...

This world goes round and round Green leaves must turn to brown What goes up must come down It all comes back to you You find whatever you feel You lose whatever you steal Just like a spinning wheel The world goes round and round People knocking at th...

I see a long train comin' across the Polish plains The passengers it carries aint comin' back again. This train is bound for Auschwitz Like many another one The passengers condemned to die But no crime have they done They are jammed into the boxcars...

What a friend you are If I had a golden star I'd pin it on you For seeing it through with me, with me What a friend indeed Oh they all but had me[Incomprehensible] till you came along And you made me strong and free, and free When I needed you, you were ther...

What did you learn in school today, Dear little boy of mine? What did you learn in school today, Dear little boy of mine? I learned that Washington never told a lie. I learned that soldiers seldom die. I learned that everybody's free. And that's what th...

Late at night, somewhat tight Guardian angels put to flight Freddie's doused the neon light That promised while it shone Time to go, time to blow They don't push me 'cause they know I am still in my long ago When Annie took me home There, was I wondering why...

How can you do it? It's heartless, it's cruel It's murder, cold-blooded, it's gross To slay a poor vegetable just for your stew Or to serve with some cheese sauce on toast Have you no decency? Have you no shame? Have you no conscience, you cad To rip th...

When princes meet The poor little men must tremble In judgment seat They speak of their wars While great armies assemble Their armor shines To shame the sun They move like gods They do resemble All bow their necks To iron feet when princes meet W...

When we were good she had a way with me She'd simply stay with me and make my whole day ring When we were good she'd made the nights go fast She'd put out the lights so fast, she made my body sing Oh, she knew me inside out Oh, she made my senses shout And I...

When you shook your long hair down, when you sat beside me, all my terrors came to town and then began to ride me. I was left without a word, I lost my situation; when you shook your long hair down you shook my whole foundation. When you shook your long...

You are flying to Vienna, you have phones aboard your airplanes Sit at oaken tables and speak in solemn tones While the leaders of all nations keep a deep respectful silence You're moving pawns and bishops made of flesh and blood and bone But the white bo...

Whose garden was this? It must have been lovely. Did it have flowers? I've seen pictures of flowers, And I'd love to have smelled one ! Whose river was this? You say it ran freely? Blue was its color? I've seen blue in some pictures And I'd love to have been...

Willie Seton was a lad His age was just sixteen Golden curls run down his neck The fairest ever seen His true love was the prettiest thing In the countryside And after Willie courted her She swore to be his bride He had no gold to give her dad No go...

Wish I had a troubadour sitting by my knee, Playing stately rhythms of the ancient balladry. If I had a troubadour, I'd signal with my hand And he would sing for you, He would sing for you until you'd smile. Wish I had a castle clown with bells upon his hat....

You are the light in children's eyes You are the hope that never dies You are all the best in me And you forgive the rest in me You are courage wrapped in grace You are victory's laughing face You are Noah's returning dove You are love You are the we...

Quit your bellyachin', bub Sayin' you can't afford your grub Sayin' a dollar ain't a dollar no more Well tell me buddy, what's new? You can't afford to buy bread no more Well, this ain't a charity store You say your kids are hungry too Well, we've good...

One night as I was walking down Columbus Avenue The sushi bars were shuttered, and the dark cantina too I stood there in the darkness as an empty cab rolled by When all at once I heard the sound of yuppies in the sky The herd came down Columbus for as far...