All my brothers been shipped to the South
Sleeping in rice fields, orders from the White House
But there is only one thing I want to know
Somebody tell me, tell me, where did peace go?
For 10 long years we been fighting the war
The poor boys been dying, tell me what for
But there is only one thing I want to know
Somebody tell me, tell me, where did peace go?
Now 50.000 men have died in vain
Leaving their families in misery and pain
But there is only one thing I want to know
Somebody tell me, tell me, where did peace go?
Oh, no, where did peace go, brothers?
Mr. Congressman, where did peace go?
Mr. Senator, tell me, where did peace go?
Mr. President, tell me, where did peace go?
Where did peace go?
Sleeping in rice fields, orders from the White House
But there is only one thing I want to know
Somebody tell me, tell me, where did peace go?
For 10 long years we been fighting the war
The poor boys been dying, tell me what for
But there is only one thing I want to know
Somebody tell me, tell me, where did peace go?
Now 50.000 men have died in vain
Leaving their families in misery and pain
But there is only one thing I want to know
Somebody tell me, tell me, where did peace go?
Oh, no, where did peace go, brothers?
Mr. Congressman, where did peace go?
Mr. Senator, tell me, where did peace go?
Mr. President, tell me, where did peace go?
Where did peace go?
inviata da Bernart Bartleby - 21/11/2017 - 23:31
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Scritta da tal Dickie Diamond (?)
Interpretata da tal Larry Sanders (o Saunders), un cantante nero che si faceva chiamare “The Prophet of Soul”
Una canzone dichiaratamente contro la guerra in Vietnam, interpretata da un artista, oggi misconosciuto, che doveva essere vicino all'ala più radicale del movimento di lotta degli afroamericani. Infatti fu sempre lui nel 1972 ad interpretare “Free Angela!”, una canzone dedicata ad Angela Davis, comunista e black panther allora sotto processo con pesantissime accuse.
Su parecchi siti il brano viene datato al 1968 ma, considerati i dati citati della seconda e terza strofa (una guerra che dura da 10 anni e ha già mietuto 50.000 tra i soldati americani), credo che debba situarsi nei primissimi anni 70. In effetti i morti statunitensi in quel conflitto furono, tra il 1960 ed il 1975, oltre 58.000.