Two Hangmen - Mason Proffit (Reply #60)

In the discussion thread: What are your favorite songs of Resistance, Refusal to Give In? [View all]

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Fri Dec 16, 2016, 09:19 PM

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60. Two Hangmen - Mason Proffit

He talked to all the people from his scaffold in the square
He told them of the things he found but they didn't seem to care
He said the laws were obsolete, a change they should demand,
But the people only walked away, he couldn't understand

The Marshall's name was Uncle Sam, he said he'd right this wrong
He'd make the hangman shut his mouth if it took him all year long
He finally arrested Freak, and then he sent for me
To hang a fellow hangman from a fellow hangman's tree

It didn't take them long to try him in their court of law
He was guilty then of thinkin', a crime much worse than all
They sentenced him to die so his seed of thought can't spread
And infect the little children, that's what the law had said

So the hangin' day came 'round, and he walked up to the noose
I pulled the lever, but before he fell I cut him loose
They called it all conspiracy, and that I had to die
So to close our mouths and kill our minds they hung us side by side…..

And now we're two hangmen hangin' from a tree
That don't bother me at all…….

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93 replies	Author	Time	Post
What are your favorite songs of Resistance, Refusal to Give In? [View all]	FrankfurtCat	Dec 2016	OP
Bella, ciao.	rug	Dec 2016	#1
Buffalo Springfield -- "For What it's Worth"	lastlib	Dec 2016	#50
"Won't Get Fooled Again"	ailsagirl	Dec 2016	#2
Yep, I was gonna post that one	LeftInTX	Dec 2016	#61
Good taste-- great song!!	ailsagirl	Dec 2016	#64
Think I'm Fixin' to Die Rag - Country Joe at Woodstock	ailsagirl	Dec 2016	#3
Revolution - Beatles	ailsagirl	Dec 2016	#4
Indeed.	CanSocDem	Dec 2016	#31
Miss them!!	ailsagirl	Dec 2016	#38
I maintain against the grain.	aidbo	Dec 2016	#5
Not a country fan, but Dixie Chicks - Not Ready to Make Nice	JudyM	Dec 2016	#6
The more I hear this the more I like it.	pressbox69	Dec 2016	#7
Bryan Ferry's version of Bob Dylans "A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall'	FrankfurtCat	Dec 2016	#8
I have the album that's on, "These Foolish Things."	mahatmakanejeeves	Dec 2016	#11
I've been a fan since 1980...	FrankfurtCat	Dec 2016	#24
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - I Won't Back Down (live 2006)	Donkees	Dec 2016	#9
Supertramp-Child of Vision	FrankfurtCat	Dec 2016	#10
A couple more	bluedigger	Dec 2016	#12
Roger Hodgson -of Supertramp	FrankfurtCat	Dec 2016	#13
I made a playlist "Songs for the Trumpocalypse."	alarimer	Dec 2016	#14
Power to the People	IcyPeas	Dec 2016	#15
Stand!	IcyPeas	Dec 2016	#16
I ain't marching anymore - Phil Ochs	annabanana	Dec 2016	#17
Or "When I'm Gone"	gratuitous	Dec 2016	#46
A song of Freedom	jack69	Dec 2016	#18
Here is one of his versions...a great singer/songwriter!	FrankfurtCat	Dec 2016	#19
The authority song	Wabbajack_	Dec 2016	#20
Muse- "Uprising"	Doc_Technical	Dec 2016	#21
I love Muse-they have many songs that speak to the struggles we face in life against power, evil,	FrankfurtCat	Dec 2016	#79
Black Snakes - Rap music video	Equinox Moon	Dec 2016	#22
Standing Rock - Warrior, Stand Up Like a Mountain	Equinox Moon	Dec 2016	#23
Stand Up / Stand N Rock #NoDAPL (Official Video)	demmiblue	Dec 2016	#55
Terrific!	Equinox Moon	Dec 2016	#56
"I'm gonna stand at the top of the world and challenge the heavens!"	Rhythm	Dec 2016	#25
Ah, Danzig!	FrankfurtCat	Dec 2016	#28
GD himself has done a couple of albums full of covers (one of them just Elvis stuff)	Rhythm	Dec 2016	#35
Clampdown by the Clash	Danmel	Dec 2016	#26
Great question! Here are a few that come to mind...	littlemissmartypants	Dec 2016	#27
Fight the Power- Public Enemy	JCMach1	Dec 2016	#29
Not Ready to Make Nice- Dixie Chicks	JCMach1	Dec 2016	#30
Gloria Gaynor, "I Will Survive"	Bucky	Dec 2016	#32
Cypress Hill "Rise Up"	Jokerman	Dec 2016	#33
Maggie's Farm	DFW	Dec 2016	#34
Great song-Rage Against the Machine did a cover of it as well...	FrankfurtCat	Dec 2016	#36
"The Walls Came Down" (1983) -- The Call	VOX	Dec 2016	#37
These songs express what I think of when Trump speaks.	IrishEyes	Dec 2016	#39
I like the way you think...	FrankfurtCat	Dec 2016	#40
KMFDM "New American Century"	DinahMoeHum	Dec 2016	#41
School-Roger Hodgson (Supertramp)	FrankfurtCat	Dec 2016	#42
"The Mary Ellen Carter" by Stan Rogers.	Paladin	Dec 2016	#43
I had to find it-so inspiring!	FrankfurtCat	Dec 2016	#45
Thanks so much for sharing this with everybody. (nt)	Paladin	Dec 2016	#47
You're welcome, Paladin.	FrankfurtCat	Dec 2016	#48
Fight Fight Fight by the Cure	fleur-de-lisa	Dec 2016	#44
The Roots	NTOZamboni	Dec 2016	#49
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised	Mr.Bill	Dec 2016	#51
Hard Rain's gonna fall. Bob Dylan.	cliffordu	Dec 2016	#52
The Hooters: All You Zombies	demon in basement	Dec 2016	#53
Love that Song!	FrankfurtCat	Dec 2016	#54
Rockin in the Free World by Neil Young	robertpaulsen	Dec 2016	#57
Scorpions-Wind of Change	FrankfurtCat	Dec 2016	#58
There actually IS a song called "Refuse/Resist".	HughBeaumont	Dec 2016	#59
Two Hangmen - Mason Proffit	lastlib	Dec 2016	#60
The Partisan	Wolf Frankula	Dec 2016	#62
The Black Eyed Peas- "Where Is The Love?"	FrankfurtCat	Dec 2016	#63
Living in the Wasteland of the Free	mexit	Dec 2016	#65
Beautiful and soothing...	FrankfurtCat	Dec 2016	#66
Eve Of Destruction - Barry McGuire	red dog 1	Dec 2016	#67
Love your selections!	FrankfurtCat	Dec 2016	#68
There are multiple versions of Mr Tangerine Man	red dog 1	Dec 2016	#69
The Used- "The Taste of Ink"	FrankfurtCat	Dec 2016	#70
How about some Sex Pistols?	robertpaulsen	Dec 2016	#71
Bruce Springsteen	FrankfurtCat	Dec 2016	#72
Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights!	kwassa	Dec 2016	#73
Which Side Are You On - Dropkick Murphys (love this version)	Kashkakat v.2.0	Dec 2016	#74
+1. n/t	FSogol	Jan 2017	#89
Get Up, Stand Up - Bob Marley and the Wailers - live	JHan	Dec 2016	#75
Government Boots -- Mighty Gabby	MadLinguist	Dec 2016	#76
Foreigner-"I'm Gonna Win"	FrankfurtCat	Dec 2016	#77
Sara Bareilles - Brave	Kennah	Dec 2016	#78
Nickelback-"Never Again"	FrankfurtCat	Jan 2017	#80
Phil Ochs	alarimer	Jan 2017	#81
Wonderful!	FrankfurtCat	Jan 2017	#82
Sworn Enemy: "Sell My Soul"	Jamaal510	Jan 2017	#83
I Give It All by Rise Against	FSogol	Jan 2017	#84
Let them Eat War by Bad Religion	FSogol	Jan 2017	#85
Sink Florida Sink by Against Me!	FSogol	Jan 2017	#86
Bonzo Goes to Bitburg by the Ramones	FSogol	Jan 2017	#87
Something Better Change by DOA	FSogol	Jan 2017	#88
Something In The Air - Thunderclap Newman	Skittles	Feb 2017	#90
Get up stand up	Jhall5	Feb 2017	#91
Hi Jhall5!	FrankfurtCat	Feb 2017	#92
Small Ax -Bob Marley and the Wailers	Alpeduez21	Feb 2017	#93

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