roads, seas, times, years

...a few questions...

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How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
Yes and how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes and how many times must the cannonballs fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer my friend, is blowin' in the wind
the answer is blowin' in the wind

How many years can a mountain exist
Before it's washed to the sea?
Yes and how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
Yes and how many times can a man turn his head
And pretend that he just doesn't see?
The answer my friend, is blowin' in the wind
the answer is blowin' in the wind

How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes and how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes and how many deaths will it take 'til he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind

[copyright 1962, Warner Bros.]

That was my first Bob Dylan song that I ever heard, and I "heard" it by learning to sing it, in 4th grade, in music class.  Mrs. Creswell told us she was going to teach us a song that was written by a man who was "...kind of a -- hippie...." 

Her tone was like a warning,
but her words were like a promise. ...!

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