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Handsome Johnny

Richie Havens →Mixed Bag
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The anti-war anthem follows the archetypal soldier marching through history's famous battles up through the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights protest marches in Birmingham. Havens urges listeners to take a stand before it's too late: “Tell me what it is we've got to do, wait for our fields to start glistening, Hey, wait for the bullets to start whistling Hey, here comes a hydrogen bomb and here comes a guided missile Here comes a hydrogen bomb, I can almost hear its whistle

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