(Video removed by YouTube because HBO contacted them and claimed it was “infringing.” Stay classy, HBO.)
Saw this on our way back in the car, reading away on my iPhone:
Making Light: Nobody living can ever stop me
Okay, I admit it, my heart skipped a beat when I realized that Pete Seeger was really going to sing the whole song, including the “controversial†verse:
There was a big high wall there that tried to stop me;
The sign was painted, it said private property;
But on the back side it didn’t say nothing;
That side was made for you and me.
Other “controversial” but needful verses, as noted in the comments:
In the squares of the city
In the shadow of the steeple
At the relief office
I saw my people
As they stood there hungry
I stood there whistlingNobody living can ever stop me,
As I go walking that freedom highway;
Nobody living can ever make me turn back
This land was made for you and me.
UPDATE: But nobody at HBO must be a living, breathing soul, because they stopped Pete Seeger’s inspiring performance at the end of the Inaugural Concert from being seen on the Internets.