Abraham, Martin and John
Emmylou Harris

I am a backseat driver from America
They drive to the left on Falls Road
And the man at the wheels name is Shamus
We pass a the child on a corner he knows
And Shamus says now what chance has that kid got
And I say from the back I don't know

He says there's barbed wire at all of these exits
There ain't no place in Belfast for that kid to go
And it's a hard life, it's a hard life
It's a very hard life
It's a hard life wherever you go
And we poison our children with hatred
And the hard life is all that they know

At the dairyline in Chicago
A fat man in front of me
He's calling black people trash to his children
And he's the only trash here I see
And I'm thinking this man wears a white hood
In the night when his children should sleep
But they'll slip to their windows and see him
They'll think that white hood's all they need

And it's a hard life, it's a hard life
It's a very hard life
It's a hard life wherever you go
And if we poison our children with hatred
Then the hard life is all that they know

I was a child of the sixties
When dreams could be held through tears
With Disney and Cronkite and Martin Luther
And I belived, I believed, I believed

Now I'm a backseat driver from America
And I'm not at the wheel of control
And I am guilty, I am worn, I am the root of all evil
And I can't drive on the left side of the road

And it's a hard life, it's a hard life
It's a very hard life
It's a hard life wherever you go
And if we poison our children with hatred
Then the hard life is all that they'll know

And there ain't no place in this world for these kids to go
Cause it's a hard life wherever you go
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Has anybody here seen my old friend Abraham,
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lotta people, but it seems the good die young
I just looked around and he's gone.

Has anybody here seen my old friend Martin,
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lotta people, but it seems the good die young
I just looked around and he's gone.

Has anybody here seen my old friend John,
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lotta people, but it seems the good die young
I just looked around and he's gone.

Didn't you love the things they stood for?
Didn't they try to find some good in you and me?
And we'll be free
Someday soon it's gonna be one day

Has anybody here seen my old friend Bobby,
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up over the hill
With Abraham and Martin and John.


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  (Lost His Love) On Our Last Date   (You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie   1917   A Love That Will Never Grow Old   A Love That Will Never Grow Old   A River For Him   A Ways To Go   A: Daniel - Where Will I Be   Across The Border   After The Gold Rush   All Fall Down   All Fall Down (Featuring George Jones)   All I Left Behind   All I Left Behind [#]   All My Tears   All That Matters   All That You Have Is Your Soul   All The Roadrunning   All the Roadrunning [DVD]   Alone And Forsaken   Amarillo   Angel [Live]   Angel Band   Angel Eyes   Angel Eyes (Angel Eyes)   Angels Rejoiced in Heaven Last Night   Another Lonesome Morning   Another Pot O' Tea   Another Pot O' Tea   Anyhow, I Love You   Appalachian Rain   Ashes By Now   Away In A Manger   Baby Better Start Turnin' 'Em Down   Baby Better Start Turnin' 'em Down   Back In Baby's Arms   Back When We Were Beautiful   Bad Moon Rising   Bad News   Ballad of a Runaway Horse   Ballad Of Sally Rose   Ballard Of A Runaway Horse   Bang The Drum Slowly   Barbara Allen   Beachcombing   Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem   Before Believing   Before I Met You   Belle Starr   Belle Starr [DVD]   Beneath Still Waters   Better Off Without You   Beyond My Wildest Dreams   Beyond The Blue   Beyond The Great Divide   Big Black Dog   Big Mouth Blues   Black Caffeine   Black Gypsy   Blackhawk   Blue Kentucky Girl   Blue Train   Bluebird Wine   Bobbie's Gone   Born To Run   BORN TO RUN Words & Music by Paul Kennerley   Bottle Let Me Down   Boulder To Birmingham   Boy From Tupelo   Brand New Dance   Bright Morning Stars   Broken Man's Lament   Broken Man's Lament   Buckaroo   Burn That Candle   Bury Me Beneath The Willow   C'est La Vie   C'est La Vie   Cabaret   Cajun Born   Californa Cottonfields   California Cottonfields   Calling My Children Home   Can You Hear Me Now   Carter Family Speech   Casey's Last Ride   Cattle Call   Chase the Feeling   Cheatin' Is   Cheatin' Is   Cherry Tree Carol   Cherry Tree Carol (Album Version)   Chief   Child Of Mine   Christmas Time's A-Coming   Christmas Time's A-Coming   Clocks   Coat Of Many Colors   Colors Of Your Heart   Connection   Could You Love Me One More Time'   Crescent City   Cross Yourself   Cup of Kindness   Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn   Darkest Hour Is Just Before Down   Darlin' Kate   Deeper Well   Defying Gravity   Devil In Disguise   Diamond In My Crown   Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend   Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend   Didn't Leave Nobody But The Baby   Didn't Leave Nothing But The Baby   Didn't Leave Nothing But The Baby   Dimming Of The Day   Do I Ever Cross Your Mind   Done with Bonaparte   Done with Bonaparte [DVD]   Donkey Town   Dreaming My Dreams   Drifting Too Far   Drifting Too Far From The Shore   Drivin' Wheel   Drivin' Wheel   Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man   Drums   Dying On Sorrow's Wine   Easy For You To Say   Easy From Now On   Evangeline   Even Cowgirls Get The Blues   Every Grain Of Salad   Every Grain Of Sand   Every Time You Leave   Everybody's Talkin'   Everybody's Talkin'   Everytime You Leave   Everytime You Leave (With Don Everly)   Everywhere I Go   Fair and Tender Ladies   Falling Down   Falling In A Deep Hole   Farther Along   Feelin' Single - 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