FRONTPAGE David Rovics Songbook (2004 edition) All songs and lyrics © David Rovics Email: [email protected] Web: www.davidrovics.com Photo (front) by [email protected] Progressive Publishing Vestergade 32, o.g. 8900 Randers Denmark Email: [email protected] Web: www.prognet.dk ISBN 87-91560-01-2 Contents After the Revolution ................................................................................................8 Alaska ....................................................................................................................10 All The Ghosts That Walk This Earth ...................................................................12 The Alligator Song.................................................................................................14 Ballad of a Cluster Bomb.......................................................................................16 Battle of Blair Mountain........................................................................................17 Behind That Gate...................................................................................................19 Behind the Barricades............................................................................................21 Benton Harbor........................................................................................................22 Best Democracy Money Can Buy .........................................................................24 The Bicycle Song...................................................................................................25 The Bluegrass Fiddler............................................................................................26 Bomb Ourselves.....................................................................................................27 By The Time They Nuke DC.................................................................................29 Cannabis Café........................................................................................................30 Children of Jerusalem ............................................................................................31 Contras, Kings and Generals .................................................................................33 Deadhead In Prison................................................................................................34 The Death of David Chain.....................................................................................36 Death of Rachel Corrie ..........................................................................................37 Drink of the Death Squads.....................................................................................38 DU..........................................................................................................................40 The Dying Firefighter ............................................................................................41 Evening News........................................................................................................43 Face of Victory ......................................................................................................44 The Flag Desecration Rag......................................................................................46 From Kabul to Khartoum.......................................................................................48 Ghost Dance Lullaby .............................................................................................49 Global Warming Song ...........................................................................................51 Glory and Fame .....................................................................................................53 Good Kurds, Bad Kurds.........................................................................................55 Hang A Flag In The Window ................................................................................57 Henry Ford Was A Fascist.....................................................................................59 Here At The End of the World...............................................................................60 Hiroshima...............................................................................................................62 I Have Seen The Enemy ........................................................................................64 I Remember Warsaw .............................................................................................66 I Wanna Go Home .................................................................................................68 If I Die Tomorrow..................................................................................................69 In One World .........................................................................................................70 International Terrorists ..........................................................................................72 IRV.........................................................................................................................74 Jenin.......................................................................................................................75 The Jewel of Bucharest..........................................................................................77 The Key..................................................................................................................79 King David.............................................................................................................81 Korea......................................................................................................................83 Love Song for the Cops .........................................................................................85 Make It So..............................................................................................................87 Merry Christmas, ...................................................................................................89 Mi Amor ................................................................................................................90 Minimum Wage Strike...........................................................................................91 Minnesota Gezstapo...............................................................................................92 Morning at Minnehaha...........................................................................................93 Moron.....................................................................................................................95 My Daughter ..........................................................................................................97 Next Attack............................................................................................................98 No One Is Illegal....................................................................................................99 Occupation ...........................................................................................................101 One Night In Greece............................................................................................103 Operation Iraqi Liberation ...................................................................................104 Oppositional Defiance Disorder ..........................................................................106 Outside Agitator...................................................................................................108 Palestine...............................................................................................................110 Parking Lots and Strip Malls ...............................................................................112 Pirate Radio Song ................................................................................................113 Polyamory Song...................................................................................................115 Pray for the Dead .................................................................................................117 Promised Land .....................................................................................................119 Reichstag Fire ......................................................................................................120 Resistance ............................................................................................................122 Rinky Dink Song .................................................................................................124 The Saint Patrick Battalion..................................................................................126 Shut Them Down.................................................................................................128 Sit Down To Piss .................................................................................................130 So Many Years Ago.............................................................................................132 Soldier On The Bum............................................................................................134 Song for Ana Belen Montes.................................................................................135 Song for Basra .....................................................................................................137 Song for Big Mountain ........................................................................................139