I asked a student of higher schooling
He said he didn't care
When I asked about the sixties
They simply said long hair
Saw a child getting programmed
Getting programmed when she wakes
And I heard her raving elder
Cursing twenty years too late
"Oh, how the b******s screwed me
Son, life's too short to wait"
And then the students of higher schooling
Hid more pills inside his plate
So, I'd like to
Send gratitude and thanks
To those who
Had the courage to defy the mighty ranks
Send it to the students who waved the banners
Who held flowers up to the tanks
And to the ones who are still fighting
Yes, all my gratitude and all my thanks
So, as you sit baked and hammered
So grateful to be dead
Saying freedom's here to chill out
So sit and rest your head
Think of those who fought for your right
The path you walked, they paved
And those who fought for their right
To carry until today
When, it was they who fed the hungry
Stormed the Pentagon for peace
While the army rounded strangers up
And made them instant peace
They who made a union
Dodged the draft and filled the jails
And spread a message of unity
Across the nation's rails
And said "We're destroying the house that Mack built
Kicking down the doors and pulling nails"
And you've the nerve to tell me
That everyone has failed?
No, you should send
Your gratitude and thanks
To those who
Had the courage to defy the mighty ranks
Send it to the students who waved the banners
Who held flowers up to the tanks
And to the ones who are still fighting
Yes, all my gratitude, yes, all my thanks
I'd like to
Send out a head and a parting hand
To those who had the courage
To reach and rise and stand
Send it to the lovers and the fighters
To those who stood up and still stand
Those who will chain their wrists and clench their fists
Both here and in faraway lands
He said he didn't care
When I asked about the sixties
They simply said long hair
Saw a child getting programmed
Getting programmed when she wakes
And I heard her raving elder
Cursing twenty years too late
"Oh, how the b******s screwed me
Son, life's too short to wait"
And then the students of higher schooling
Hid more pills inside his plate
So, I'd like to
Send gratitude and thanks
To those who
Had the courage to defy the mighty ranks
Send it to the students who waved the banners
Who held flowers up to the tanks
And to the ones who are still fighting
Yes, all my gratitude and all my thanks
So, as you sit baked and hammered
So grateful to be dead
Saying freedom's here to chill out
So sit and rest your head
Think of those who fought for your right
The path you walked, they paved
And those who fought for their right
To carry until today
When, it was they who fed the hungry
Stormed the Pentagon for peace
While the army rounded strangers up
And made them instant peace
They who made a union
Dodged the draft and filled the jails
And spread a message of unity
Across the nation's rails
And said "We're destroying the house that Mack built
Kicking down the doors and pulling nails"
And you've the nerve to tell me
That everyone has failed?
No, you should send
Your gratitude and thanks
To those who
Had the courage to defy the mighty ranks
Send it to the students who waved the banners
Who held flowers up to the tanks
And to the ones who are still fighting
Yes, all my gratitude, yes, all my thanks
I'd like to
Send out a head and a parting hand
To those who had the courage
To reach and rise and stand
Send it to the lovers and the fighters
To those who stood up and still stand
Those who will chain their wrists and clench their fists
Both here and in faraway lands