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Here's a new version of Woody Guthrie's Vigilante Man. I wrote the new lyrics in response to the Martin/Zimmerman case down in Florida. copyright 2012. Thanks to Ry Cooder for the guitar arrangement inspiration.

Vigilante Man

Have you seen that vigilante man?
Have you seen that vigilante man?
Have you seen that vigilante man?
I been hearin' his name all over the land

Well, what is a vigilante man?
Tell me, what is a vigilante man?
Has he got a pistol and a phone in his hand?
Is that a vigilante man?

Dark skinned boy walkin' down a darkened street
Dark skinned boy walkin' down a darkened street
You know it was his father he was going to meet
And not some vigilante man

There was a call placed to the authorities
There was a call placed to the authorities
They told him to hold his ground, sir, please
Was that the vigilante man?

He couldn't sit by and watch an unchecked crime
He couldn't sit by and watch an unchecked crime
The gun was in his hand, no need to waste time
Isn't that a vigilante man?

Florida and all around these states
Florida and all around these states
The people's cries went echoing with hate
Calling for the head of the vigilante man

If you're paranoid of the times' shifting sands
If you can't abide equality's demands
And if you take the law into your shaking hands
You might be a vigilante man