
13.02.81 Starkville, Miss., intro to ´Independence Day´
´´When I was...when I was 18, I was so glad to finally get out of
the house....I remember I, I moved down about 20 miles away from my hometown,
I moved down along the beach ....and I was sure that once, once I had the chance....I
was never gonna wanna go back there....to see the people that....I grew up with....and...my
folks moved away to California ....and for a long time....I never missed them,
I never missed that place....after I started traveling, I´d come back
home....and I´d always end up getting in the car and driving.... driving
down through that old town....and I could never figure out, understand what
made me always wanna go back there....I remember I´d feel, I´d drive
down the streets I grew up on....I´d see all these strangers...and it
seems that.... that after a long time I figured, I realised that if I couldn´t...if
I wasn´t gonna be able to go back there and deal with that place....and
go back to my folks and deal with my .... deal with them....that I was never
gonna be able to deal with myself....it seems like you always gotta leave home....and
then you always gotta go back....just even....even if it´s just to make
sure that it ain´t there no more....this is for everybody away from home
..”
13.02.81 Starkville, Miss., intro to ´This Land Is Your Land´
´´This is a song that was written by....Woody Guthrie and....there´s
a book out now, it´s called Woody Guthrie - A Life....it´s by Joe
Klein....it´s a real good book....and this song, this was....this song
has been mis, I think, misinterpreted a lot over the years and it was, uh....was
originally written....as an answer to ´God Bless America´ and....the
thing about this song is, is it was....this is a, it was a fighting song because
you´ve gotta....especially these days you gotta fight to make this true....”
Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi