59 Miles From Boston - by Casey

[D] 59 miles from Boston
There's a [G] stone that you can [D] see.
It's in a spot Ben Franklin chose,
A [G] part of histo-[D]-ry.

[D] If you received a letter there
From [G] someone that you [D] knew,
Then Ben would know how much to charge
For the [G] postage was [D] due.

It was a [G] simple plan [D]
[G] From a clever [D] mind,
A [G] problem solved quite [D] easily
One [G] milestone at a [D] time.

[D] Somewhere up above our heads
The [G] moon goes floating [D] by.
For most of our time here on Earth
A [G] mystery in the [D] sky.

[D] One day John F. Kennedy
[G] Challenged us to [D] fly,
To send a man there, bring him back,
We [G] rallied and com-[D]-plied.

It was a [G] simple plan [D]
[G] From a clever [D] mind
[G] Inspire us to [D] greatness
[G] One vision at a [D] time.

BREAK: [D] [A] [D] [G] [D] [D] [A] [Em] [F#m] [G] [A@5] [D] -

[D] Here we are, near again
[G] To another [D] war.
The [D] factions always confident,
They've [G] done it all [D] before.

But [D] no one ever really wins
When [G] arrows start to [D] fly.
With carnage and destruction,
Our [G] innocence will [D] die.

We need a [G] simple plan [D]
Be-[G]-fore the rise and [D] fall.
The [G] best way to [D] win a war
Is [G] not to fight at [D] all.

[D] 59 miles from Boston
There's a [G] stone that you can [D] see.
We need to add another, now
For [G] Peace and Harmo-[D]-ny.

[D] We need a better vision
[G] Another clever mind
Per-[D]-haps a bit of [G] courage, too
Or [D] we will fall be-[G]-hind

We need a [G] simple plan [D]
And [G] let the whole world [D] see
[G] Find a common [D] point of view
In [G] our philoso-[D]-phy

[G] A better [D] vision...
[G] A better [D] plan...
[G] And some new [D] milestones...
Got to [G] do what we [D] can

[G] A better [D] vision...
[G] A better [D] plan...
[G] And some new [D] milestones...
We'll [G] get there if we [D] can

We'll [G] get there if we [D] can

FADE OUT WITH: [D] [A] [D] [G] [A@5] [D@5]

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There is enough money, enough work, and enough food, provided we organize our resources according to our necessities rather than be slaves to rigid economic theories or traditions. Above all, we must not permit our minds and our activities to be diverted from constructive work by preparations for another war. I agree with the great American Benjamin Franklin, who said that there never was a good war or a bad peace.
Albert Einstein