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In the Name of God
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A song for Dr. George Tiller, assassinated May 31st, 2009. I read about it in the Guardian after arriving on a flight from London.
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"If the great Phil Ochs were to rise from the dead today, he would probably be hailed as the new David Rovics." Andy Kershaw, BBC
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Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
Charts
Peak #100
Peak in subgenre #5
Author
David Rovics
Rights
bmi all rights reserved 2009
Uploaded
September 18, 2009
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MP3 6.5 MB • 320 kbps • 2:50
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A song for Dr. George Tiller, assassinated May 31st, 2009. I read about it in the Guardian after arriving on a flight from London.
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I woke up this morning And I turned on the news It was a Sunday morning They were sitting in the pews The doctor's wife was in the choir She was about to sing She saw it all in front of her And she heard that awful ring In the name of God he held his pistol Pointed at the doctor's head In the name of God he pulled the trigger Now the doctor's lying dead Dr. Tiller had a family Three daughters and a son Two girls were both doctors Who were proud of what he'd done They knew someone had to do something Before they left this world behind If it wasn't them then who would serve The cause of womankind In the name of God... This is not Afghanistan It's the Heartland USA Where a girl has to wonder If she'll get acid in her face Where they bomb the women's clinics Because the preacher told them to Where the man there on the TV Tells them that's what they should do In the name of God...
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