"I voted for Coolidge..."

That is what my dad always said when we asked him who he had voted for president. Of course my dad was not alive to vote for Coolidge, but that never stopped him.

Right now I am pretty unhappy with the candidates of both major parties, so I too have decided to go back in time and do a little sing along with Graham Nash.
For you younguns ;-) the song refers to the Chicago Democratic national Convention in 1968, but you know it doesn't matter, could be Denver, could be St. Paul.
We had tear gas and riots in St. Paul during the RNC this month, it was nothing compared to Chicago but it is still hard to gets one's mind around it.




Chicago
Graham Nash

So your brother's bound and gagged
And they chained him to a chair,
Won't you please come to Chicago
Just to sing.
In a land that's known as freedom,
How can such a thing be fair?
Won't you please come to Chicago
For the help that we can bring.

We can change the World.
Rearrange the World.
It's dying
to get better.

Politicians sit yourselves down,
There's nothing for you here.
Won't you please come to Chicago
For a ride.
Don't ask Jack to help you
Cause he'll turn the other ear.
Won't you please come to Chicago
Or else join the other side.

We can change / yes we can change the World.
Rearrange / rearrange the World.
It's dying / do you believe in justice?
It's dying / and if you believe in freedom.
It's dying / Let a man live his own life.
It's dying / Rules and regulations who needs them?
Open up the door.

Somehow people must be free,
I hope the day comes soon.
Won't you please come to Chicago,
To show you face.
From the bottom of the ocean
To the mountains of the Moon.
Won't you please come to Chicago
No one else can take your place.

We can change / yes we can change the World.
Rearrange / rearrange the World.
It's dying / If you believe in justice.
It's dying / and if you believe in freedom.
It's dying / Let a man live his own life.
It's dying / Rules and regulations, who needs them?
Open up the door.