BLOWIN' IN THE WIND
Sung by: Unknown
Recorded in Mountain View, AR Sept. 1964

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. . . cannonballs fly, before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind.
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

How many years must a mountain exist,
Before it is washed to the sea,
And how many years must a people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
How many times can a man turn his head
And pretend that he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin in the wind.

How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
And how many ears must a man have
Before he can hear people cry?
And how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

The answer is blowin' in the wind.

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