I've Been Told
1967 · Broadside BR 306 · Chicago, Illinois
- Artist
- Paul Kaplan
- Title
- I've Been Told
- Release
- Broadside Ballads, Vol. 4: The Time Will Come and Other Song
- Year
- 1967
- Label
- Broadside # BR 306
- Format
- LP · Compilation
- Language
- English
- Country
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
The song "I've Been Told" by Paul Kaplan "They tell me let them supervise the fight There's no one but the expert knows what's right There's no one fighting here upon our shore So you see you needn't worry any more Oh I don't know, but I've been told... They say we've got to fight to keep men free We're saving all the world from slavery The people all are fighting to be slaves That's just the way those foreigners behave Oh I don't know, but I've been told... They say put down your picket sign, my son The battles you were fighting all are won The Test Ban Treaty outlawed World War III The Bills of Civil Rights made all men free Oh I don't know, but I've been told".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Civil Rights Songs
The record booklet described the artist: "Paul Kaplan is 18, from Chicago, was raised on Pete Seeger, Weaver, and Almanac records. He began writing and singing his own songs two years ago". The song "I've Been Told" by Paul Kaplan "They tell me let them supervise the fight / There's no one but the expert knows what's right / There's no one fighting here upon our shore / So you see you needn't worry any more / Oh I don't know, but I've been told... / They say we've got to fight to keep men free / We're saving all the world from slavery / The people all are fighting to be slaves / That's just the way those foreigners behave / Oh I don't know, but I've been told... / They say put down your picket sign, my son / The battles you were fighting all are won / The Test Ban Treaty outlawed World War III / The Bills of Civil Rights made all men free / Oh I don't know, but I've been told"
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
The record booklet described the artist: "Paul Kaplan is 18, from Chicago, was raised on Pete Seeger, Weaver, and Almanac records. He began writing and singing his own songs two years ago".