This land is your land This land is my land
From California to the New York island;
From the red wood forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and Me As I was walking that ribbon of highway
I saw above me that endless skyway:
I saw below me that golden valley:
This land was made for you and me
I’ve roamed and rambled and I followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts;
And all around me a voice was sounding:
This land was made for you and me When the sun came shining, and I was strolling
And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling
As the fog was lifting a voice was chanting:
This land was made for you and me As I went walking I saw a sign there
And on the sign it said
Masterful and hauntingly beautiful cover of a moving Woody Guthrie classic. I thought your version nicely complemented the videography and together ensured that Jeep aired the best of this year's Super Bowl efforts. I thought the video played well and that the broader beauty of the natural world rendered the song more poignant as a universal message. I searched for this song and you ought to put it up on iTunes as soon as you are able.
If this version had continued for another minute or so he could have included two of the most important verses from the original:
As I went walking I saw a sign there
And on that sign it said "No Trespassing"
But on the other side it didn't say nothing
That side was made for you and me.
In the shadows of the steeple I saw my people
By the relief office I seen my people
As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking
Is this land made for you and me?
How did this song not catch on?! It's so beautiful! Especially, watching the Jeep commercial, it almost brings e to tears. Then conflicted. It's not my and your land. Anyway, caught a slower version sampled in Love the Coopers.
As I went walking I saw a sign there
And on the sign it said "No Trespassing."
But on the other side it didn't say nothing,
That side was made for you and me.
In the shadow of the steeple I saw my people,
By the relief office I seen my people;
As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking
Is this land made for you and me?
Nobody living can ever stop me,
As I go walking that freedom highway;
Nobody living can ever make me turn back
This land was made for you and me.