Spreading The News - Mickey Hart, Tarriona 'Tank' Ball

Of speaking out with passion

In what you do believe

Redeeming thought with action

In truth and word and deed

Not for sake of fashion

Not for credit or for fame

Not this generation, please

More of the same

It might not be so clear

But in its smallness lies its power

A single petal on a rose

A moment in the hour

I been singing in the valley

I been preaching on the hill

Concerning truth and justice

About saying what you will

I do not have an answer

Such answers can’t be found

Keep one eye on the future

And the other on home ground

The other on home ground

Keep one eye on the future

And the other on home ground

This is my homeland

My faith and my song

Beyond confusion

Of right or of wrong

Speak with conviction

Believe in your worth

The equal of any

Soul on this earth

Speak with conviction

Believe in your worth

The equal of any

Soul on this earth

This is my homeland

My faith and my song

Beyond all confusion

Of right or wrong

Speak with conviction

Believe in my worth

The equal of any

Soul on this earth

This is my homeland

My faith and my song

Beyond all confusion

Of right or wrong

Speak with conviction

Believe in your worth

The equal of any