THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER OR - THE ANSWER IS BLOWING IN THE WIND

i drove speedboats and sportscars
rode motorcycles and flew airplanes
lived in hiltons and the ashrams
stone houses and wood frames

i smoked rothmans and marlboro
marihuana and cocaine
worked on wall street and the village
knew the lovers and their pain
 
bible, hiroshima, ganges
and the lakes
himalayas, berlin. jerusalem,
tokyo, san francisco, london,
nashville, new york for god's sake
 
danced the fox trot and the hora
saw the family at the stake
seen the children curse the darkness
seen the adults manipulate
 
dressed in rags or dressed in riches
with a beard or shaven head
saw mental patients on the floor
screwed the nurses in their bed
 
saw the indians in oklahoma
and the others in bombay
been with women out for love
and the others out for pay
 
drank with lawyers and with soldiers
with doctors and with slaves
met with priests and educators
perfect ladies and their maids
 
saw the inside and the outside
of the wonders god had strewn
and wonder where it all might end
in glory or in ruin