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Nobody Left To Crown Tab

by Richie Havens


opening song  of Richie's set at Kate Wolf Memorial folk Festival at Laytonville Ca 
night June 30 2007....impromptu'


To those of you seeking perfection
                                 
Oh Lord it's not a long long way to go
                        
All you need is a bit of reflection
                                        
Just might seem like changing direction right now
                                 
Don't go around taking up no collections

On your way down
                    
There's nobody left to crown


What if politicians were all good guys
                       
Oh Lord don't we wish they were
               
We would not be so dependent
                                               
On courts of law that make us all feel like defendents sometimes
                                
If we want freedom we've got to amend it

On our way down
                   
There's nobody left to crown


Be it ever so humble
                    
There's no place like home

Home...home on the range
                            
Where the fear and the antidotes play
              
Where seldom is heard
             
An encouraging word
                          
And our leaders do nothing all day


What if they gave an election
                 
And nobody came to vote
                            
The system it needs a bit of correction
                                       
Just might seem like changing direction right now
                                      
As it stands we don't even make the selections
                                   
And to get into Heaven we even need a connection

On our way down
                    
There's nobody left to crown
     
Nobody left to crown
     
Nobody left to crown
     
Nobody left to crown