Chapter Three
LOOK WHAT THEY DONE
TO MARTIN'S SONG
[ to the tune "Look What They Done To My Song" by Melanie Safka ]
Look what they done to your song, Martin
Look what they done to your song
Well, they turned our insides upside down
Made America come out all wrong, now
Look what they done to your song
Look what they done to our earth, Martin
Look what they done to our earth
Well, they filled it full of poverty and woe
Made death more attractive than birth, now
Look what they done to our earth
Look what they done to our land, Martin
Look what they done to our land
Well, they let the poor die in the street
And give the rich man a hand, now
Look what they done to our land
Look what they done to our city, Martin
Look what they done to our city
Well, they covered it in a big brown cloud
And it really doesn't look too pretty, now
Look what they done to our city
Look what they done to our jail, Martin
Look what they done to our jail
Well, they lock the Civil Rights friend away
And let the murderer out on bail, now
Look what they done to our jail
Look what they done to our church, Martin
Look what they done to our church
Well, they forgot about the sick and poor
And dedicated it to John Birch, now
Look what they done to our church
Look what they done to our school, Martin
Look what they done to our school
Well, they give our kids no reason to learn
They forgot the golden rule, now
Look what they done to our school
Look what they done to our kids, Martin
Look what they done to our kids
Well, they light their brain with a tv screen
Sell their souls for the highest bids, now
Look what they done to our kids
Maybe it'll all be okay, Martin
Maybe it'll all be okay
If we forget about hate and learn to love
There may be peace some day, oh
Maybe it'll all be okay
Look what they done to your dream, Martin
Look what they done to your dream
Well, they took everything you died for
Sold it out to the Wall Street scheme, now
Look what they done to your dream
Look what they done to our song, Martin
Oh, look what they done to our song
They took our tragic '60's tale
And made it seven times as long, oh Martin
Look what they done to our song. . .
Human Rights Watch
Andrew Young School of Policy
Studies
DEDICATED TO: Harry Belefonte and Andrew Young, who have for a great many years and continue
to, march along the straight and narrow path of Human
Rights, Social Justice
and peace. (Note: If Secretary
of State Colin Powell doesn't like being compared to a "slave in the master's house", perhaps
it would behoove him to stop acting like one.)
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