MLK

Sleep tonight and may your dreams be realized...

There have been many great songs and tributes to Martin Luther King. U2's Pride (In the Name of Love) may be my favorite.

One man come in the name of love
One man come and go
One come he to justify
One man to overthrow

In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love

One man caught on a barbed wire fence
One man he resist One man washed on an empty beach.
One man betrayed with a kiss

In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love (nobody like you...)

Early morning, April 4
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride

In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love...


[U2 - Pride (In the Name of Love)]



[OCMS - Motel in Memphis]



[Dion - Abraham, Martin and John (live on the Smothers Brothers)]



[Bob Dylan - A Change is Gonna Come]

Sam Cooke wrote and recorded A Change is Gonna Come in 1963. The song was only a modest hit at the time, but came to exemplify the 1960's Civil Rights Movement. The song has gained in popularity and critical acclaim in the decades since its release.

I was born by the river in a little tent
Oh and just like the river I've been running ever since
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

It's been too hard living but I'm afraid to die
Cause I don't know what's up there beyond the sky
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

I go to the movie and I go downtown
Somebody keep telling me don't hang around
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

Then I go to my brother
And I say brother help me please
But he winds up knocking me
Back down on my knees

Ohhhhhhhhh.....
There been times that I thought I couldn't last for long
But now I think I'm able to carry on
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will