Untitled #2

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Folk music legend Pete Seeger had some nice things to say about this song. We shared a stage at a small concert in some Upstate New York town (the name of which I forgot) in the early 80s.

I’d rather be a dreamer and a searcher of the soul
And spend my time on making rhymes than letting myself grow old
I’d rather see my lifetime as a chance to find out why
And to find out how my life was meant to be

I’d rather see the children all running fast and free
Than being like their parents, sittin’ and watchin’ TV
And I’d rather leave this world just a little less undone
With folks to carry out the work that we’ve begun

I’d rather be a freedom fighter than die on foreign soil
I’d rather work for peace than live through a nuclear war
And have to wonder why, what was it all for
What we’d give to have a world the way it was before

I’d rather see the Earth as the fountainhead of life
And rise to meet the cause against those who would destroy
All the beauty and serenity, it is ours to protect
Yes, I’d rather learn to give not just to take

I’d rather see the women as free as they are strong
Teachers and life-givers, singers of the peaceful songs
And I’d rather see the men just a little less like men
And remember from whose bodies they were born

I’d like to see all the hatred all piled up in one place
And set on fire by people of every race
To burn up all the differences we thought we’d had before
And decide to live in peace forever more

I’d rather carry on the hope to live than refuse to forgive
The wasters and war-makes, peddlers of the dead
And to know we share a common home
And the spirit of one soul
So we can live our lives in peace as we grow old

I’d rather be a dreamer and a searcher of the soul