Together

Time for a song. From a band you don't hear much about these days - Jefferson Airplane. They came out of San Francisco and were mainly active between 1965 and 1972. They were heroes of the counterculture movement and this was frequently reflected in their music. There was more to them than the usual hunger for pop fame and wealth. They felt that they had something to say and so did the people who bought their records. Though I never saw them in  concert, I owned one of their albums. It was  called "Volunteers" and on it "We Can Be Together" was my favourite track. Please listen if you have the inclination and five minutes to spare. It's a little window that takes you right back to 1969... forty seven years ago...

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We can be together

Ah you and me

We should be together

We are all outlaws in the eyes of America

In order to survive we steal cheat lie forge fred hide and deal

We are obscene lawless hideous dangerous dirty violent and young

But we should be together

Come on all you people standing around

Our life's too fine to let it die

We can be together

All your private property is target for your enemy

And your enemy

Is we

Da da da da da da da da da

Da da da da da da da da da

We are forces of chaos and anarchy

Everything they say we are we are

And we are very

Proud of ourselves

Up against the wall

Up against the wall fred (motherfucker)

Tear down the walls

Tear down the walls