STARS IN THEIR EYES

Mark Elliott & Tom Paxton

The Wright brothers knew that within their own time
They'd take to the air on wide wings they would climb
There were those that said "never" it just couldn't be
But the dreamers took wing back in nineteen and three

 They had stars, stars, stars in their eyes
An endless horizon, a miracle prize
With stars, stars, stars in their eyes
They wouldn't take no for an answer

Old Mother Jones called the mine owners mean
They tossed her in jail back in nineteen thirteen
She worked for the union all fire and rage
Saying, "Labor is worthy of a true living wage." 

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When Woody Guthrie was here, Woody Guthrie wrote songs
He stood up and said, "cruel hunger is wrong"
He never stopped caring he wouldn't quit trying
With hope and defiance he sent his songs flying 

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The doom-criers claim that the children today
Care nothing at all for a world far away
But under their cool and their careful disguise
I'm looking at young ones with stars in their eyes 

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