Winslow HOMER - a fresh breeze 1881

Illustration musicale: PETER, PAUL and MARY, blowin in the wind (Bob Dylan)
Blowin' in the Wind a été écrite en avril 1962 par Bob Dylan. Archétype de la chanson de protestation, sa portée humaine et poétique en fit l'hymne d'une génération, et contribua, pour certains, à ériger son jeune auteur de 21 ans en porte-parole, en guide spirituel du mouvement des droits civiques.

How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man ?
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand ?
how many times must the cannonballs fly
Before they're forever banned ?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind

How many years must a mountain exist
Before it is washed to the sea?
how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
how many times can a man turn his head
And pretend that he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind

How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, and how many deaths will it take 'til he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind

Bob Dylan