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Why? (The King Of Love Is Dead) (Unedited version from original live concert)
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We want to do a tune
Written for today
For this hour
For Dr. Martin Luther King
We've stated before that the whole program is dedicated to his memory
But this tune is written about him, and for him and so
We had yesterday to learn it and
So we'll see
Once upon this planet Earth
Lived a man of humble birth
Preaching love and freedom for his fellow men
He was dreaming of a day
Peace would come to Earth to stay
And he spread this message all across the land
Turn the other cheek, he'd plead
Love thy neighbor was his creed
Pain, humiliation, death, he did not dread
With his Bible at his side
From his foes he did not hide
It's hard to think that this great man is dead
(Oh yes)
Will the murders never cease?
Are they men or are they beasts?
What do they ever hope, ever hope to gain?
Will my country fall, stand or fall?
Is it too late for us all?
And did Martin Luther King just die in vain?
'Cuz he'd seen the mountaintop
And he knew he could not stop
Always living with the threat of death ahead
Folks, you'd better stop and think
'Cuz we're heading for the brink
What will happen now that he is dead?
He was for equality
For all people, you and me
Full of love and good will, hate was not his way
He was not a violent man
Bigotry had sealed his fate
We can all shed tears, but it won't change a thing
Teach your people, will they ever learn?
Must you always kill with burn and burn with guns
And kill with guns and burn?
Don't you know how we gotta react?
Don't you know what it will bring?
But he'd seen the mountaintop
And he knew he could not stop
Always living with the threat of death ahead
Folks, you'd better stop and think
Cause everybody knows were on the brink