The First Punk Rocker

This machine kills fascists that's what I said I'll stand on your grave 'til I'm sure you're dead In the squares of the city and the shadow of the steeple Woody Guthrie saw his people Telling it straight to ol' Mr. Knickerbocker Woody Guthrie was the first punk rocker Born in Okemah, Oklahoma Woody Guthrie was consumed by fire His momma took ill and fanned the flames A man set out to do his own thing The ornery profane poet straight-talker Woody Guthrie was the first punk rocker From the dust-bowl emerged the protest singer Woody worked for the working class people Irving Berlin man he had it all wrong 'This land is your land' was a protest song No prime time pipe smoking radio hawker Woody Guthrie was the first punk rocker Cisco and Sonny, Leadbelly and Seeger Anti-fascist almanac singer Merchant marine man, migrant worker Bound for Glory radical thinker He didn't sing for the almighty dollar Woody Guthrie was the first punk rocker Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Springsteen and Hunter Ochs and Chapin, Mellencamp and Strummer Billy Bragg, Jeff Tweedy, Jerry Garcia Steve Earle, Jay Farrar and Bob Weir Ramblin' Jack, Tom Paxton, Sonny Walker But Woody Guthrie was the first punk rocker