Friday, October 31, 2008

My momma's for Obama

Monday morning I have a history class about communism in France, and Tuesday night I will be attending the Americans Abroad election coverage over-night party here in Paris. I'm growing tired of waiting, but I also feel excited and inspired and confident. My dad's still voting Republican, which is beyond me. It is to him and to others who share his opinions that I would like to sing a song:
Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters

Around you have grown

And accept it that soon

You'll be drenched to the bone

If your time to you is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'

Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'

Come writers and critics

Who prophesies with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again

And don't speak too soon

For the wheel's still in spin

And there's no tellin' who that it's namin'

'Cause the loser now

Will be later to win

For the times they are a-changin'

Come senators, congressmen

Please heed the call

Don't stand in the doorways
Don't block up the hall

For he that gets hurt

Will be he that has stalled

The battle outside ragin'

Will soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls

For the times they are a-changin'

Come mothers and fathers

All over the land

And don't criticize

What you can't understand

Your sons and your daughters

Are beyond your command

Your old road is rapidly agin'

Please get out of the new one

If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'
The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now

Will later be fast

And the present now

Will later be past

The order is rapidly fadin'

The first one now

Will later be last

For the times they are a-changin'

For the times they are a-changin'

-Bob Dylan

1 comment:

The Captain said...

Well, I have finally found you...again. Read your blog. You sound the same only better. Still haven't been to NY. Getting closer though. Saw your dad few weeks ago. Come back to original home if you get a chance. I'll leave the light on for you but I'll be leaving soon. Still living vicariously through you.