Chapin, Harry - Basic Protest Song Lyrics
So you're 13 and there's a silent scream out there,
And you can hear it.
Just your basic protest song.
Now you're 16 and there's a danger in the air,
Just your basic protest song.
Turnin' 20 and it's around you everywhere,
And you can feel it.
Just your basic protest song.
Now your 30 and it's to late now to care,
And you can taste it.
Just your basic protest song
I don't have much experience but I'll tell you what I see.
When I hear the record sing and baby, baby I love you,
It seems to me we all got so much lovin left to do.
And at 16 I don't know to much but I'll tell you what I do know,
If you do not give a damn I'll tell you where to go.
There is something truly crazy with our patriotic song,
We know to wave the flag round the week begins a strong.
So you're 13 and there's a silent scream out there,
And you can hear it.
Just your basic protest song.
Now you're 16 and there's a danger in the air,
And you can see it.
Just your basic protest song.
Turnin' 20 and it's around you everywhere,
And you can feel it.
Just your basic protest song.
Now your 30 and it's to late now to care,
And you can taste it.
Just your basic protest song
Oh now that I am 20 got my first full time job,
My boss, upstanding citizen, finds legal ways to rob.
They say forget what you believe forget what you have seen,
But I know I lost the best of me when I forgot my dreams.
I'm passin' on through 30 got two kids of my own,
Got a wife, house, a car, and dog but still I am alone.
And I'm tired of only selling cause it's myself that I sell,
I'm glad of always buying cause I can't buy it ourselves.
I know none of us is perfect I can see myself to well,
If we can't push for paradise we're settled in for hell.
So you're 13 and there's a silent scream out there,
And you can hear it.
Just your basic protest song.
Now you're 16 and there's a danger in the air,
And you can see it.
Just your basic protest song.
Turnin' 20 and it's around you everywhere,
And you can feel it.
Just your basic protest song.
Now your 30 and it's to late now to care,
And you can taste it.
Just your basic protest song
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Chapin, Harry Basic Protest Song Comments
"We know to wave the flag round the week begins a strong." WTF?
You've mangled these lyrics. Please make the following corrections:
When those who wave the flag rob the weak to give the strong.
And I'm tired of ALL THIS selling cause it's myself that I sell,
I BUY INTO ALL THIS buying cause I can't buy INNOCENCE.
I know none of us is perfect I can see myself TOO well,
If we can't push for paradise we're SETTLING for hell.
My mom introduced me to her friend Harry six months ago in the front seat of the car, and I've been listening to him since. It's nice to still find new material, even though he died 35 years ago next week (or something)
Long live his spirit of humanity and his music
No one likes this song it seems
The spirit (here) sir, is one of mockery.
im still writing protest songs at 45
Anyone? Even a basic protest song? Nah. I guess we really can't start engaging till harsher times.
Sell your soul to the man, pay your mortgage, and debts, be part of the living dead.