Walden Robert Cassotto

[redrum]

AKA Bobby Darin.

Just picked up a couple of cd's by him as I love his hits: Beyond The Sea, Mack The Knife, Dream Lover etc. He really was an amazing guy and passed away at age 37. He was a member of 'Mensa' and was also a great movie actor. He received an Oscar nomination from the film 'Captain Newman, MD' and he received a Golden Globe for his part in 'Pressure Point.' with Sidney Poitier. He was also a political activist. He's the kind of guy you really do miss if you were born in that era like I was.

“Simple Song Of Freedom”
(B. Darin, 1969)

Come and sing a simple song of freedom
Sing it like you’ve never sung before
Let it fill the air
Tell the people everywhere
We, the people here, don’t want a war

Hey there, mister black man can you hear me?
I don’t want your diamonds or your game
I just want to be someone known to you as me
And I will bet my life you want the same

So come and sing a simple song of freedom…
[chorus]

Seven hundred million are ya list’nin’?
Most of what you read is made of lies
But speaking one to one, ain’t it everybody’s sun
To wake to in the mornin’ when we rise?

So come and sing a simple song of freedom…
[chorus]

Brother Solzhenitsyn are you busy?
If not, won’t you drop this friend a line?
Tell me if the man who is plowin’ up your land
has got the war machine upon his mind

Come and sing a simple song of freedom…
[chorus]

Now, no doubt some folks enjoy doin’ battle
Like presidents, and ministers and kings
So, let’s all build them shelves
Where they can fight among themselves
Leave the people be who like to sing

Come and sing a simple song of freedom…
[chorus]. . .

. . .We, the people here, don’t want a war.

[Plantpothead]

What great lyrics, I must get hold of a copy.

[redrum]

What great lyrics, I must get hold of a copy.

Build 'em shelves

So they can all fight amongst themselves.

Amen, brother.

[redrum]

The song sold 2 million copies in 1959 & got a Grammy.

Edited August 24, 2014 by redrum

[redrum]

'Pressure Point'