Abraham, Martin and John
Recorded by "Dion"
Words and Music by Richard Holler
Has anybody here seen my old friend Abraham?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lot of people,
But it seems the good they die young.
You know, I just looked around and he's gone.
Anybody here seen my old friend John?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lot of people,
But it seems the good they die young.
I just looked around and he's gone.
Anybody here seen my old friend Martin?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lot of people,
But it seems the good they die young.
I just looked 'round and he's gone.
Didn't you love the things that they stood for?
Didn't they try to find some good for you and me?
And we'll be free
Some day soon, and it's a-gonna be one day ...
Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walk up over the hill,
With Abraham, Martin and John.
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a sad memory of a sad day. it's one of those things that i remember like it was yesterday, hearing the news over the radio while riding in the car with my mother (today is her also birthday), hearing the news and her saying simply saying, "oh my god."
i was 12 at the time of his death and growing up in atlanta, i knew of him and what he stood for but i don't think i had any clue of his worldly (or even national) significance at the time of his death, but i knew something major, something horrible, something big had just happened from her reaction.
the world lost a great man, a great leader and part of our conscience and a piece of our soul on that day, it would have been a much better place had he been allowed to stay in it longer.
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