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I hate a song / Woody Guthrie
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This is the statement Woody Guthrie made to describe his music.
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Folksinger/songwriter/poet
I'm a singer/songwriter who enjoys covering a good song regardless of where it's been.
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Charts
Peak #184
Peak in subgenre #25
Author
Woody Guthrie
Rights
Copyright 2005 by Mark Winegar
Uploaded
July 02, 2005
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MP3
MP3 1.4 MB 128 kbps 0:00
Story behind the song
I have a poster beside my bed with Woody's picture and this quote.
Lyrics
"I hate a song that makes you think you're not any good. I hate a song that makes you think you are just born to lose. Bound to lose. No good to nobody. No good for nothing. Because you are either too old or too young or too fat or too slim or too ugly or too this or too that...Songs that run you down or songs that poke fun of you on account of your bad luck or your hard traveling. I am out to fight these kinds of songs to my very last breath of air and my last drop of blood. I am out to sing songs that will prove to you that this is your world and that if it has hit you pretty hard and knocked you for a dozen loops, no matter how hard it's run you down nor rolled over you, no matter what color, what size you are, how you are built, I am out to sing the songs that make you take pride in yourself and your work. And the songs I sing are made up for the most part by all sorts of folks just about like you."
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