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Who will remember the hands so white and fine
who touched the finest linen, who poured the finest wine?
Who will remember the careless words they spoke
To name the lives of two good men a nuisance or a joke?

And all who know these two good arms
Know I never had to run or kill
I can live by my own two hands
And live well
And all my life I have struggled to rid the earth of all such crime.

And who will remember Judge Webster Thayer?
With one hand on the gavel, the other resting on the chair
Who will remember the hateful words he said?
Speaking to the living in the language of the dead

And all who know these two good arms
Know I never had to run or kill
I can live by my own two hands
And live well
And all my life I have struggled to rid the earth of all such crime.

Who will remember the hand upon the switch?
To take the lives of two good men in the service of the rich?
Who will remember the one who gave the nod?
Or the Chaplain standing near at hand to invoke the name of god?

And all who know these two good arms
Know I never had to run or kill
I can live by my own two hands
And live well

We will remember this good shoemaker
and we will remember this poor fish peddler
and we will remember all the strong arms and hands
that never once found justice in the hands that rule this land

And all who know these two good men
Know they never had to run or kill
Each had lived by their own two hands
And lived well
And all my life I have struggled to rid the earth of all such crime.
and all our lives we struggles to rid the earth of such crimes

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from Tumbling Through The Stream Of Days, released January 1, 1997

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Betty and the Baby Boomers New Paltz, New York

An acoustic folk quintet from New York's Hudson Valley. Folk song magazine Sing Out! described the group as “a refreshing reminder of the halcyon days of American folk music” and the CD [Tumbling Through the Stream of Days] as “an enthusiastic testament to the sheer joy of singing and playing music.” ... more

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