The Liner Project

201: Joan Baez - China

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The 1989 Tiananmen Square protests

This episode we are talking about Tiananmen Square protests in 1989 and the damage it caused.

China by Joan Baez.

Lyrics

In the month of May, in the glory of the day

Came the descendants of a hundred flowers
And their fight it did begin with the aging Mandarin
And they fought with an extraordinary power
Everyone was smiling, their hearts were one
In Tiananmen Square

And…

In the month of June, in the darkness of the moon

Went the descendants of a hundred flowers
And time may never tell how many of them fell
Like the petals of a rose in some satanic shower
Everyone was weeping in all of China
And Tiananmen Square

And…

And even the moon on the fourth day of June

Hid her face and did not see
Black sun rising over Tiananmen Square

Links

Hundred Flowers Campaign

Hu Yaobang

Tiananmen Square Protests

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