Written in the Mind of Man (Song for Daniel Ellsberg)
1971 · Diogenes DRS-101 · USA
- Artist
- James Stein
- Title
- Written in the Mind of Man (Song for Daniel Ellsberg)
- Release
- Written in the Mind of Man (Song for Daniel Ellsberg) / And Search Your Soul
- Year
- 1971
- Label
- Diogenes # DRS-101
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- James Stein
- Genre
- Singer Songwriter · Singer Songwriter
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Obscure singer/songwriter James Stein released the song "Written on the Mind of Man (Song for Daniel Ellsberg" (Diogenes Productions # DRS-101) - no further biographical details known about this artist, or location of the recording. The lyrics looked at the government position: "the government felt betrayed, he broke the law they say". However, the narrator praised Ellsberg, because "the truth must find a way", and that we should "never forget the day... that Daniel Ellsberg took a stand".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: This country comes from the hearts of man / Stood out from the crowd / And the time has come again for good men to speak out / There was a man from behind closed doors who shared a secret truth / When he couldn't stand it anymore he told everything he knew / And the people on the streets, in the cities, in the towns, all across this mighty land / Woke up from a dream when the word came down and began to understood / What happens to the men with the power when the man with the vote's asleep / And the leaders could be telling us wrong... / And the government felt betrayed / He broke the law they say / I say he upheld the law written in the mind of man / That the truth must find a way / And never forget the day / The day that Daniel Ellsberg took a stand / They said if I go to prison, then that's the price I pay / I've heard that decision made more and more these days / It's the old story of sneaking about what people know inside / They don't like come face to face with things they're trying to hide / And the government felt betrayed / He broke the law they say / I say he upheld the law written in the mind of man / That the truth must find a way / And never forget the day / The day that Daniel Ellsberg took a stand...
Notes
Blue Diogenes Productions label DRS-101, Side A; "Written in the Mind of Man (song for Daniel Ellsberg)" (James Stein), 2:49, ASCAP, ℗ 1971 Colgems; produced by John D. Andrea. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
In collections
Ellsberg & Pentagon Papers Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]