Sung to Woody Guthrie's “This Land Is Your Land"
Inspiration:
Those who work to teach people the literacy of video-making, public access tv
centers across the country, independent video producers and their energy, the
Alliance for Community Media, and viewers like you . . .
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We are all able to
program cable.
Each town, each hour, we
have the power.
It’s about viewing
what we are doing.
Public Access for you
and me.
As I went surfing home on my TV
It was unnerving. Nothing there for me.
It was so grating and unrelating.
Why do I pay my cable fee?
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Don’t want more reruns of “I Love Lucy”,
Or tabloid scandals so fat and juicy.
The local story in uncut glory.
That’s what I want on my TV.
Chorus
Give me unpolished well meant vanity,
Your poor and tired yearning to speak free,
Representation across our nation,
Freedom of choice on our TV.
Chorus
Hats off to people who fight this battle,
Who won’t be sold off like so much chattel.
In their defiance, praise the Alliance.
That’s where we find Community.
Chorus (and
end)
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