Oh, Let Me Be Your Man
Bob A. Feldman
An antiwar folk song and love song--whose melody and first verse were written in 1969 and antiwar lyrics of second, third and fourth verses were written in 2024--about meeting and hoping to become a lover of another antiwar student.
Oh, maybe you can understand me?
And maybe you'll let me hold your hand?
I have no goods that I can give you
But, oh, let me be your man.
The missiles are flying all around earth
The billionaire musicians count their loot
I have no lies that I can sell you
But, oh, I can give you truth.
You handed me a leaflet on the campus
We found that we had similar views
A summer day we enjoyed by the ocean
Ignoring what was happening in the news.
We tried our best to stop the killing
But the rulers controlled all media
So the War Machine continues Rolling Thunder
And turns the world into Dystopia.