Joan Baez estava à frente do movimento contra a guerra do Vietnam e faz o mesmo contra a guerra no Iraque. Cantou na grande manifestação de protesto do domingo 25/9 em Washington, com 150 mil manifestantes exigindo o fim da ocupação. A canção é a mesma, tão atual hoje quanto há 35 anos, There but for fortune de Phil Ochs. Ele se matou aos 36 anos, em 1976, e está quase esquecido. Mas esta canção vai ficar pra sempre.




Show me the prison, show me the jail
Show me the prisoner whose face has grown stale
And I'll show you young man
With so many reasons why
There but for fortune, go you or I.

Show me the alley, show me the train
Show me the hobo who sleeps out in the rain
And I'll show you young man
With so many reasons why
There but for fortune, go you or I.

Show me the whiskey stains on the floor
Show me the drunkard as he stumbles out the door
And I'll show you young man
With so many reasons why
There but for fortune, go you or I.

Show me the country where the bombs had to fall
Show me the ruins of the buildings once so tall
And I'll show you young land
With so many reasons why
There but for fortune, go you and I
You and I.