Basics
Give me a man of a simple sort,
With an open heart and mind,
Who is free of schemes and of meaner thoughts,
With a soul that is pure and kind—
For he’ll gladden my heart and cleanse my soul
And turn me away from sin.
And this is true for a woman too
In every land that I’m in.
And this is true for a woman too
In every land that I’m in.
We live in a world that is full of woes
That are born out of greed and hate,
So we need such men and such women too,
Before it is far too late.
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Where caring and courage both are alive—
There, I will send my heart.
Where one or both have disappeared,
From there, we should all depart.
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But if we are stuck in a land we loved
That is blighted by hate and fear,
We should think of the men and women—those
Who had made it so special and dear.
I bow to the man of a simple sort
And a woman, too, of the kind—
For they are the salt of the earth—the best
That I ever could hope to find.
I will not ask of their tongue or faith
Or the land in which they were born,
Except to bond and to hear and talk
With a heart that is free of scorn.
2025, April 20th, Sun.
Berkeley, California
Berkeley, California
