Simple Song of Freedom
1969 · Columbia 4-44920 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Tim Hardin
- Title
- Simple Song of Freedom
- Release
- Simple Song of Freedom / Question of Birth
- Year
- 1969
- Label
- Columbia # 4-44920
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- Bobby Darin
- Genre
- Folk · Contemporary Folk
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
"Simple Song of Freedom" (Columbia Records # 4-44920) by Tim Hardin. Written by Bobby Darin. Minor anti-war reference, does not mention Vietnam "Come and sing a simple song of freedom
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs
"Simple Song of Freedom" (Columbia Records # 4-44920) by Tim Hardin. Written by Bobby Darin. Minor anti-war reference, does not mention Vietnam
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Come and sing a simple song of freedom / Sing it like you've never sung before / Let it fill the air / Tell the people everywhere / We, the people here, don't want a war... / Seven hundred million are you listening? / Most of what you read is made of lies / But speaking one to one, ain't it everybody's sun / To wake to in the morning when we rise? / Now no doubt some folks enjoy doin' battle / Like presidents, prime ministers and kings / So let's build them shelves where they can fight among themselves / And leave the people be who like to sing... / Let it fill the air / Tell the people everywhere / That we the people here, don't want a war
Notes
Columbia 4-44920 (ZSP 151555), 45 RPM, red label; "Simple Song of Freedom" (B. Darin), 3:49; arranged by Paul Harris, produced by Gary Klein; "A Product of Koppelman-Rubin Assoc., Inc." [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Born 23 December 1941, Eugene, Oregon, USA. Died 29 December 1980, Los Angeles, California, USA.