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GreenWave

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1. A young Robert Zimmerman once crooned:
Fri Mar 14, 2025, 11:43 AM
Mar 14

Playboys and Playgirls
Written by: Bob Dylan

Oh, ye playboys and playgirls

Ain’t a-gonna run my world

Ain’t a-gonna run my world

Ain’t a-gonna run my world

Ye playboys and playgirls

Ain’t a-gonna run my world

Not now or no other time



You fallout shelter sellers

Can’t get in my door

Can’t get in my door

Can’t get in my door

You fallout shelter sellers

Can’t get in my door

Not now or no other time



Your Jim Crow ground

Can’t turn me around

Can’t turn me around

Can’t turn me around

Your Jim Crow ground

Can’t turn me around

Not now or no other time



The laughter in the lynch mob

Ain’t a-gonna do no more

Ain’t a-gonna do no more

Ain’t a-gonna do no more

The laughter in the lynch mob

Ain’t a-gonna do no more

Not now or no other time



You insane tongues of war talk

Ain’t a-gonna guide my road

Ain’t a-gonna guide my road

Ain’t a-gonna guide my road

You insane tongues of war talk

Ain’t a-gonna guide my road

Not now or no other time



You red baiters and race haters

Ain’t a-gonna hang around here

Ain’t a-gonna hang around here

Ain’t a-gonna hang around here

You red baiters and race haters

Ain’t a-gonna hang around here

Not now or no other time



Ye playboys and playgirls

Ain’t a-gonna own my world

Ain’t a-gonna own my world

Ain’t a-gonna own my world

Ye playboys and playgirls

Ain’t a-gonna own my world

Not now or no other time

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