Who Knew?! Songs With Surprising Meanings Part 2
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Kendra Koger
Woody Guthrie – “This Land is Your Land”
Doesn’t this song just bring up feelings of clicking your heels in an open prairie?
“This Land is Your Land” seems to be the anthem for all cross country road trips; but in actuality, it was a song about Communism.
Woody Guthrie, who was also a communist sympathizer, wrote a rebuttal to “God Bless America” that he hoped would appeal to Americans like him.
He actually did a bit of editing, removing more telltale lyrics, those you can read on Cracked.
Telltale lyrics: “There was a high wall that tried to stop me, / A sign was painted said “Private Property” / But on the backside, it didn’t say nothin’ / This land was made for you and me.”
A whole lot of red in this article…
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