Hey, babe, do you remember back in 1969?
We gathered 'round the room; you sang yours and I sang mine
We took turns with guitar in the front and center seat
Shel and Chris and Dylan and a couple off the street
Joni Mitchell cried on "Both Sides Now”.
We sang songs that made a difference and we can again somehow

Everybody knew that this was quite a special night
Graeme Nash was nervous in the hot seat, in the light
Joe South was total magic and we all walked in his shoes
Orbison and Rabbit cried and they rocked the country blues
New Berry, San Francisco, Mabelle, Joy
We sang songs that made a difference; June was pregnant with my boy

Oh, I could make a livin' drivin' nails or drivin' [bad word] 
Sleep beneath the bridge or in the streets, down on my luck
I'd stand the cold and hunger if they'd let me hear the songs
Everybody write one that us bums can sing along
Keep it from the heart and down to earth
Sing the songs that make a difference, give us all our money's worth
Sing the songs that make a difference, give us all our money's worth