Jefferson Airplane - We Can Be Together Lyrics






We can be together
Ah you and me
We should be together
We are all outlaws in the eyes of America
In order to survive we steal cheat lie forge fred hide and deal
We are obscene lawless hideous dangerous dirty violent and young
But we should be together
Come on all you people standing around
Our life's too fine to let it die and
We can be together
All your private property is
Target for your enemy
And your enemy is
We
We are forces of chaos and anarchy
Everything they say we are we are
And we are very
Proud of ourselves
Up against the wall
Up against the wall fred (motherfucker)
Tear down the walls
Tear down the walls
Come on now together
Get it on together
Everybody together
We should be together
We should be together my friends
We can be together
We will be
We must begin here and now
A new continent of earth and fire
Come on now gettin higher and higher
Tear down the walls
Tear down the walls
Tear down the walls
Won't you try





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  1. J.... A....

    tear down the wall...amen!

  2. J.... M....

    It has been relevant EVERY year since it was released!

  3. R.... B....

    I first discovered this song about 10-11 years ago when going through my grandparents' record collection. I was shocked but thought it was awesome that there was an oldies song with that kind of language. 15 year old me was too young to fully understand the deeper meaning and I just thought the lyrics sounded badass and cool and I'd giggle when they said "fuck" and I'd loudly sing along to "UP AGAINST THE WALL, MOTHERFUCKER" because it was one of the few contexts I could get away with using that language in front of my parents. "I'm just singing along to one of grandma and pap's records". Now, listening to it again I really understand how powerful this is, 26 year old me is amazed at how relevant this is in 2019. Fifty years later it's just as important.

  4. J.... H....

    lyrics, voices and the huge guitar playing is awesome, wonderful song still today thank you JA!

  5. M.... ....

    "Up against the wall
    Up against the wall motherfucker
    Tear down the walls!"

  6. J.... M....

    I have the record. still in its original jacket pictured here that i bought in 1970.

  7. i.... ....

    we are all outlaws

  8. l.... u....

    But Trump's wall is hippy socialism right ?

  9. l.... u....

    Masterpiece

  10. l.... u....

    Best song of 2019 hello from the UK hell hole : inside the the wall of the EU .

  11. J.... A....

    Then: 
    "We are all outlaws in the eyes of America
    In order to survive
    We steal, cheat, lie, forge, fuck, hide, and deal
    We are obscene, lawless, hideous, dangerous, dirty, violent, and young
    … 
    "All your private property is
    Target for your enemy
    And your enemy is we
    "We are forces of chaos and anarchy
    Everything they say we are, we are
    And we are very
    Proud of ourselves
    "Up against the wall /
    Up against the wall, motherfuckers!"

    Now: 
    "But don't poke mild fun at us, kids!"

    ______

    Okay, Boomer. /smh

  12. J.... C....

    And we are very proud of ourselves.. .

  13. E.... M....

    Tear down the walls, wont you try?

  14. �.... �....

    We can be together
    Ah, you and me
    We should be together

    We are all outlaws in the eyes of America
    In order to survive
    We steal, cheat, lie, forge, fuck, hide, and deal
    We are obscene, lawless, hideous, dangerous, dirty, violent, and young

    We should be together
    Come on all you people standin' around
    Our life's too fine to let it die
    We should be together

    All your private property is
    Target for your enemy
    And your enemy is we

    We are forces of chaos and anarchy
    Everything they say we are, we are
    And we are very
    Proud of ourselves

    Up against the wall
    Up against the wall, motherfuckers!
    Tear down the wall
    Tear down the wall


    Come on now together
    Get it on together
    Everybody together
    We should be together
    We should be together my friends
    We can be together
    We will be

    We must begin here and now
    A new continent of earth and fire
    Tear down the wall
    Tear down, getting higher and higher
    Tear down the wall
    Tear down the wall
    Tear down the wall
    Won't you try?

  15. G.... C....

    Bunch of dumb idiot millennials gonna rule the globe very soon

  16. P.... H....

    One of the greatest tunes Paul Kantner wrote. RIP, Paul.

  17. M.... W....

    Today July 4 2019 more than EVER

  18. l.... f....

    P.S. ..... A current Rock group needs to do a remake of this song for today's youth. ..... It is just as fresh and "right on target" today as it was 50 years ago. The same greedy rich power shit is happening. .... Can I see a show of hands to do it  ???? .... Change has to come, stick, and stay stuck !  Power to the everyday People !

  19. l.... f....

    This song was one of my  anthems back in the 1960s. It made my spirit soar. It chokes me up that much of what we fought for has been raped by wealthy assholes.  .... My anarchist heart still sings ... "Up against the wall mother fucker ....tear down the wall."

    l.... f....

    Well before Paul Westerberg was penning generational anthems for The Replacements, we had "Volunteers".

  20. T.... ....

    And now this applies to conservatives. The irony. The left has become what they stood against in the 60s and 70s, and now conservatism is the counter culture. We are outlaws in the eyes of America, and conservatives need to stand together.

  21. M.... H....

    Always vacillated between being born a couple of years earlier to have seen more excellent live bands versus staring down the road of old age sooner. Glad I am still on the younger side of medicare. Great album 49 years later.

  22. G.... K....

    Miss u Martyn Paul.

  23. a.... ....

    Love Jorma on this !!!!

    a.... ....

    One of the most distinctive guitar tones in that or any other era.

  24. L.... A....

    I always loved their sound.

  25. D.... R....

    Now we have the orange quack sitting in the oval office. Just so unbelievably sad....

  26. A.... V....

    In order to survive we stealcheatlieforgefuckhide, and deal.

  27. i.... ....

    There is only one airplane! Jefferson airplane! One of the greatest rock and roll bands!

  28. C.... p....

    Is it any wonder that there is a generation of idiots wandering the streets when you read comments like those below?

  29. A.... U....

    These are bad people

  30. M.... P....

    I'm an agent of chaos.

  31. j.... z....

    We can be together
    Ah you and me
    We should be together
    We are all outlaws in the eyes of America
    In order to survive we steal cheat lie forge fred hide and deal
    We are obscene lawless hideous dangerous dirty violent and young
    But we should be together
    Come on all you people standing around
    Our life's too fine to let it die and
    We can be together
    All your private property is
    Target for your enemy
    And your enemy is
    We
    We are forces of chaos and anarchy
    Everything they say we are we are
    And we are very
    Proud of ourselves
    Up against the wall
    Up against the wall fred (motherfucker)
    Tear down the walls
    Tear down the walls
    Come on now together
    Get it on together
    Everybody together
    We should be together
    We should be together my friends
    We can be together
    We will be
    We must begin here and now
    A new continent of earth and fire
    Come on now gettin higher and higher
    Tear down the walls
    Tear down the walls
    Tear down the walls
    Won't you try

  32. t.... ....

    This is pretty relevant to 2019

    t.... ....

    too much fear and apathy not enough righteous indignation, yet

    t.... ....

    @Dawn Salois bytheppl.us/rapid

    t.... ....

    Yep. Very. On Oct. 15, 1969, a quarter of a million Americas marched past Nixon's White House to end an unjust war. On Oct. 15, 2019, Congress went back to DC, with the House preparing to impeach a seditious businessman pretending to be president. The Revolution continues.

    t.... ....

    depends on your point of view

    t.... ....

    Ya think DiNozzo?

  33. J.... C....

    This was a Great Time to be an Innocent Child in this messed up World. Peace . Jc

  34. R.... ....

    Tear down the wall, motherf-er! We should be together.
    Thank you, Jefferson Jukebox.

  35. D.... M....

    this was played on the "soft, classic" rock station this afternoon...got my attention!

  36. D.... S....

    Jorma ’s fuzzy lead guitar, wonderful! Inter woven harmonic vocals, stellar!

  37. D.... G....

    Not could we have won, we still can and in this day and age we’d damn well better

  38. M.... M....

    So idealistic and subversive too...
    We must begin here and now
    A new continent of earth and fire
    Come on now gettin’ higher and higher
    Tear down the walls
    Tear down the walls

  39. 0.... ....

    Really love the Airplane but I will never get this mix.

    Reverb on the drums... Why? When you have the extraordinary talent of Jack C. on bass, is there no way the murky mess of the low end can't be cleaned up? (Try EQ and a compressor.) There's Paul on rhythm guitar and Jorma on lead - why does it sound like 80 million monkeys scratching their ass simultaneously? No one would ever confuse Marty, Grace and Paul with Crosby, Stills and Nash however many bands can feature three vocals at the same time without it creating cacophony. Maybe that was the intent.

    Hopefully the day will arrive when the consumer can re mix the raw tracks. Until then, if you'd like to visit the inside of a aural volcano in full eruption, check out Anthem Of The Sun by the Grateful Dead.

    RIP: Spencer, Paul, and Marty. (the memory of Signe and Skip, too)

  40. D.... D....

    I sang this in a county jail in 1972 after being railroaded for 51 days over a 1st offense for 11 grams of cannabis. Tear down the wall..........

  41. S.... B....

    This song still makes me happy.

  42. O.... ....

    We can be together
    Ah, you and me
    We should be together

    We are all outlaws in the eyes of America
    In order to survive
    We steal, cheat, lie, forge, fuck, hide, and deal
    We are obscene, lawless, hideous, dangerous, dirty, violent, and young

    We should be together
    Come on all you people standin' around
    Our life's too fine to let it die
    We should be together

    All your private property is
    Target for your enemy
    And your enemy is we

    We are forces of chaos and anarchy
    Everything they say we are, we are
    And we are very
    Proud of ourselves

    Up against the wall
    Up against the wall, motherfuckers!
    Tear down the wall

  43. x.... ....

    5:20 got some Queen vibes from it. Sounded alot like Freddy in there

  44. T.... J....

    Gorgeous guitar here!!

  45. c.... ....

    R.I.P Marty Balin. 9-28-18. Forever in our hearts!!

  46. R.... H....

    Off to the hinterlands. Farewell, Marty Balin, and thank you for making the 60's extraordinary.

  47. R.... B....

    RIP Marty Balin. Thank you for great music and memories. Prayers to the family. Rest easy !!!

  48. T.... C....

    RIP Marty Balin

  49. J.... L....

    RIP Marty

  50. E.... S....

    Their music defined the late 1960s. Classic.

  51. M.... C....

    love it so much. Jorma

  52. M.... B....

    Up against the wall, motherfucker!

  53. E.... L....

    Kaukonen's guitar is ear candy.

  54. S.... ....

    People back then were for democracy and peace and now they're Trump supporters.

  55. d.... ....

    Great start to a classic album! :)

  56. C.... ....

    I was around in the 60's and did all the 60's things. That said, one thing I've learned in life is that two things that appear to be totally opposite, can both be true. Yes, we are a brutal, selfish race, but there can also be peace and love. Contradictory? Yes. But both are true. We create our own reality. Don't let other people tell you yours.

    C.... ....

    And Charliemta, Couple more thoughts: 1.There's an empty space inside of us that God is meant to fill. We cannot fill that empty space with sin & self-indulgence. THAT is the contradictory element of humankind. *Note: God gave us the ability to make music, artwork, great writing, great foods, etc. 2: BLAMING OTHERS KEEPS PEOPLE HELPLESS - and that's all that ever gets done; blame. I personally think the modern media and the evil Democrat party is purposely trying to mind-control every person of color to BLAME and hate all white people. It is an evil plan for control and I think they have almost succeeded in convincing these lemmings that they ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE for their own health, wealth, and happiness.

    C.... ....

    boomer1954ful Wow you're clueless

  57. a.... h....

    ..tear down the wall!

  58. P.... 6....

    Still waiting for that utopian omelette, Uncle Joe. Or did Uncle Ho eat it? Seems the only thing left of youth are the bad habits and the concrete sarcophagus of a closed mind. Slava!

  59. L.... J....

    The band after this album, was beginning the transition to become Jefferson Starship, you can hear in this song that sound they would transition to in the early 70s after the Long John Silvers album

  60. B.... P....

    Weird how relevant this sounds. Or maybe things just haven't changed very much.

  61. J.... L....

    Tear down the wall

  62. v.... p....

    oviously this is an amazing song,but there's something about the Bass Jack brings so much to the airplane, it just ridiculous.

  63. d.... o....

    dare to open to what's beyond the priests and their uncathartic lice and lies

  64. m.... ....

    Great!!!

  65. J.... M....

    Jorma! Nicky! Their guitar and piano licks are the glue that helps this masterpiece transcend reality. RIP Signe and Paul 🙏🏻&💞

  66. K.... W....

    we are all just outlaws in the eye's of america

  67. R.... J....

    We need more hippies nowadays, especially with that clown Donald Trump in office, and, BTW, I DO take a knee here at home whenever the anthem plays on TV during just about anything, it is time for a new rebellion, against the neo-fascist Republican party at ALL levels of government, and if it takes violence, chaos and anarchy (as advocated by Jefferson Airplane) to do so, then so be it, our votes will not be and are no longer enough!!! GROOVY BABY!!!

    R.... J....

    Ray Jackson No we need a rebellion against your ridiculous pointless weak bitchy "progressive" ideals. Look in the mirror. We may have a Republican president, but the Liberals are the new "Man". Censoring everything, controlling everything. You have become what you hate the most and have not even realized it. I respect your opinion but please look at yourself and see where your party is going: down the drain

    R.... J....

    Trump 2020! Jefferson airplane forever!

  68. b.... ....

    Here's to an awesome 2018! #BringItOnMueller!

  69. r.... m....

    google's commercialism is evil.

  70. r.... s....

    Had this at thirteen

  71. r.... s....

    I STILL HOPE JAGUARS BEAT THE FUCK OUT OF TENNESSEE?

  72. R.... J....

    #Bernie2020

  73. P.... ....

    I don't know why but I almost cry when I listen to this sometimes

    P.... ....

    Best recording of the song. The live versions don't touch it. It's a historic song and recording. Airplane was a great band, and still underrated!!

    P.... ....

    Because it's too dangerously true, and too passionately good.
    But fear not. We didn't... quite... get the revolution it called for; but we _did_ get to keep this song. Whenever we need it, we'll have it. Lucky us!

    P.... ....

    @late fall chill Then let's stop it now. bytheppl.us/rapid. https://www.facebook.com/bythepeopleimpeach/videos/581228879083074/

    P.... ....

    i cry all the time when i listen to it.

    P.... ....

    @William Bell To bad boomers arent self aware enough to change their behavior

  74. J.... ....

    Bring back the Love Ins and Be Ins.

  75. J.... ....

    hat happened to my tie dyed bell bottoms anyway?

  76. A.... M....

    PAUL CONTINUES HIS JOURNEY.................................

  77. E.... H....

    Good morning people!

  78. E.... A....

    I love this song Grace Slick is the women

  79. J.... W....

    We are all outlaws in the eyes of america!

  80. G.... P....

    Released in 1973

    G.... P....

    No, it was released in 1969.

  81. J.... Q....

    50 years -- way different context.

  82. B.... M....

    This song struck me deeply at the time, as the Marseillaise strikes deeply.

    B.... M....

    Bruce Mincks aux armes aux armes

  83. A.... 1....

    everyone thinks the 60s were about getting high, but that's one of many lies spread by racist, white, rich people, and Richard Nixon supporters. it was about making a world where we don't destroy the planet, where we live in peace, and don't rape the world. just look at psychedelic music, it's incredibly complex, and revolutionary, compared to the simplistic tunes proceeding it. geniuses like the Beatles, and Airplane were poets for a generation, that could have won, if not for the failure of our government's moral judgement, in choosing the forces of old, and evil, over the age of enlightenment.

    A.... 1....

    @Ring0fSaturn no sir, thank you.

    A.... 1....

    @triumphant39 Thank You, triumphant! From a very white, proud woman!

    A.... 1....

    Alice, you are just speaking in platitudes and headlines... I suggest you rethink it a little, and go in and edit the crass generalizations from your little speech. THE PROBLEMS OF THIS EARTH IS IN THE HEART OF ALL HUMANKIND AND ALL RACES: The problem is SIN. From natural sin comes the greed, exploitation, war, CRIME, poverty, etc. that makes this world an ugly place. Sin is not exclusive to white OR rich people. Sin is in you. Come on! Think reasonably!
    There will never truly be an "age of enlightenment" until Jesus comes back and conquers sin once and for all. You have just been schooled. You're welcome.

    A.... 1....

    @Ring0fSaturn Most of those young, new women in the HOR are a bunch of mouthy, short sighted, liberally brainwashed, overly opinionated dumb heads. Especially that Alexandria idiot from NY. Gawd. She's just scary, she's so dumb.

    A.... 1....

    @Ring0fSaturn You're way off target to blame one or the other political party..... all of the US Govt. needs to be de-commissioned, particularly the forever argumentative, forever hating, blaming, civil war usurpers in the Democrat party. They want to split the country up to 'Divide & Conquer'. They are trying to turn illegals and Latinos into their permanent under-class to vote them in office, keep them rich - and in power. Beware the Trojan Horse.

  84. A.... 1....

    my favorite band of all time

    A.... 1....

    Metoo in my hippy years, Now its BLONDIE, seen them 40 times, about 30 times infront of stage. I saw JA in Santa Barb and at Hollywood bowl, A few other places I cant remember. I am 72

  85. n.... ....

    $20 million, that's what happens to rock 'n' roll revolutionaries

  86. M.... M....

    I was also priveledged to lay on mattresses in Love St. Light Circus Sum '67 and hear Roky sing "Slip inside this house as you pass by".

  87. d.... h....

    Bernie Sanders carried the torch of this Revolution into a new generation.
    Too bad he joined the establishment too, but his "Political Revolution" was this revolution repackaged & somewhat watered down for current time period consumption.
    Bernie cut his teeth on this revolution & he tried to pass the torch to a new generation of Americans.
    He may have failed in passing the Revolution on, but he planted the seeds for the second generation to bloom.

  88. D.... C....

    If any wisdom can be offered by those of us that was there, during this time, is that the messages that ring true to you that are, perhaps much younger, is that the struggle for truth, togetherness, and, yes love, needs to increase and not diminish.

  89. A.... P....

    my onions, peppers, tomatoes, corn , and beans are growing nicely. Without any government assistance. the chicken eggs are rather nice too. Amazing what you can do when not sponging. Ask not what....

  90. A.... P....

    Before you complain, oh go ahead ya whining dopes.

  91. A.... P....

    entitlements when you feed stray cats you get more stray cats. Just a thought.

  92. B.... ....

    Outstanding Music ; One the BEST Bands...Thanks RCA for the Great Production / Distribution..You believe that Star ship is still around..I was told that there was 1 Original BandMember ; I want to a Pre Concert Mixer a few Months ago in Key West ; they all seemed very nice.. Can you Imagine working in the same Band for like 50 Years; good for you ; Rock On...

  93. B.... H....

    Amazing album, 30 thumbs down????? Screw!

    B.... H....

    2019 and 74 dipshits have pressed the thumbs down.

  94. B.... S....

    Tear down the walls..

  95. j.... ....

    Fantastic anthem for anyone my age (now a shocking 62 - who'd a thunk it?) Please do not forget this message even if we have had to, to a greater or lesser degree, sink into the 'establishment'. We tore down the wall, and now look whet we got... don;t forget the original message

  96. R.... C....

    Listened to it so much. Then I heard the words. Seems to apply now more than ever.

  97. A.... ....

    Music for today .. from yesterday .. history repeats it self ...

  98. L.... S....

    As powerful and uniting as it was so long ago.