A Possible Introduction.................................................................10

The Imagination............................................................................11
- If I Had a Boat (Lyle Lovett)
- We Robbed Trains (Eddy Raven)

Daily Life.....................................................................................12
- When I Was Young (Eric Burdon & the Animals)
- Brown-Eyed Girl (Van Morrison)
- Numb (U2)
- Just a Girl (No Doubt)

Family.........................................................................................14
- We're a Happy Family (The Ramones)
- Cat's in the Cradle (Harry Chapin)
- Teach Your Children (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)
- Watch Baby Fall (David Bromberg)

Friends........................................................................................16
- Desperado (The Eagles)
- Stand By Me (Ben E. King)
- Old Shep (Elvis Presley)
- When Something Is Wrong with My Baby (Sam & Dave)

School.........................................................................................18
- School Day (Chuck Berry)
- Don't Be a Dropout (James Brown)
- Little Boxes (Pete Seeger)
- Out Behind the Barn (Little Jimmy Dickens)

Sports.........................................................................................20
- Go the Distance (Faith Hill)
- Loud and Proud (Little Texas)
- Centerfield (John Fogerty)
- The Pittsburgh Stealers (The Kendalls)

Home & Away..............................................................................22
- Back Home Again (John Denver)
- My Hometown (Bruce Springsteen)
- Child's Song (Murray McLauchlan)
- She's Leaving Home (The Beatles)

Finding Oneself............................................................................24
- Growin' Up (Bruce Springsteen)
- Subterranean Homesick Blues (Bob Dylan)
- Winter (Tori Amos)
- Forever Young (Bob Dylan)

A Possible Introduction.................................................................26

The Past......................................................................................27
- We Didn't Start the Fire (Billy Joel)
- The Beat Goes On (Sonny & Cher)

First Peoples...............................................................................28
- Beds Are Burning (Midnight Oil)
- Ghost Dance (Robbie Robertson & the Red Road Ensemble)
- Slippin' Through the Cracks (Susan Aglukark)
- The Wild Horse (Rod Stewart)

Displaced Populations..................................................................30
- Acadian Driftwood (The Band)
- Rivers of Babylon (Boney M.; The Melodians)
- Burned Out Car (Junkhouse with Sarah McLachlan)
- Englishman in New York (Sting)

Injustice.......................................................................................32
- Acknowledge Your Own History (The Jungle Brothers)
- 6 A.M. Jullander Shere (Cornershop)
- Rambling on My Mind (Robert Johnson)
- Strange Fruit (Billie Holiday)

Fighting Injustice..........................................................................34
- The Battle of New Orleans (Johnny Horton)
- We Shall Overcome (Pete Seeger)
- X Marks the Spot (Devon)
- We Shall Be Free (Garth Brooks)

The Costs of Freedom...................................................................36
- The Fightin' Side of Me (Merle Haggard)
- The Partisan (Leonard Cohen)
- War Child (The Cranberries)
- Find the Cost of Freedom (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)

America & the Western World.......................................................38
- Living in the Promiseland (Willie Nelson)
- National Holiday (Timbuk 3)
- Silver Wheels (Bruce Cockburn)
- U.S. Blues (Grateful Dead)

A Country Grows..........................................................................40
- North to Alaska (Johnny Horton)
- Canadian Railroad Trilogy (Gordon Lightfoot)
- John Henry (Johnny Cash)
- Lord, Mr. Ford (Jerry Reed)

The Environment...........................................................................42
- Where Do the Children Play? (Cat Stevens)
- Desert Pete (Kingston Trio)
- Will the Wolf Survive? (Los Lobos)
- A Day in the Life of a Tree (Beach Boys)

Our World Family.........................................................................44
- I Could Have Been You (Melissa Etheridge)
- On the Turning Away (Pink Floyd)
- Let's Work Together (Canned Heat)
- Coat of Many Colors (Dolly Parton)

Past, Present & Future.................................................................46
- City of Dreams (Talking Heads)
- After the Gold Rush (Neil Young)
- Dust in the Wind (Kansas)
- Imagine (John Lennon)

A Possible Introduction.................................................................48

What is a Hero?...........................................................................49
- Big Bad John (Jimmy Dean)
- Harper Valley P.T.A. (Jeannie C. Riley)

Enter a Leader.............................................................................50
- Sister Rosa (Neville Brothers)
- I Won't Back Down (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)
- Abraham, Martin and John (Harry Belafonte)
- Heartbeat Props (Digital Underground)

Race for the Top...........................................................................52
- I'm Gonna Be Somebody (Travis Tritt)
- Gangsta's Paradise (Coolio)
- Candle in the Wind (Elton John)
- Desire (U2)

At Work.......................................................................................54
- Forty Hour Week for a Livin' (Alabama)
- Farmer's Song (Murray McLauchlan)
- The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Gordon Lightfoot)
- Take This Job & Shove It (Johnny Paycheck)

In Daily Life..................................................................................56
- Grandpa Was a Carpenter (John Prine)
- He Walked on Water (Randy Travis)
- Pretty Boy Floyd (Woody Guthrie)
- Good Hearted Woman (Waylon Jennings with Willie Nelson)

Survival........................................................................................58
- Dirty Blvd. (Lou Reed)
- Fast Car (Tracy Chapman)
- Breaking the Silence (Willie P. Bennett)
- Independence Day (Martina McBride)

Acts of Goodness.........................................................................60
- Wind Beneath My Wings (Bette Midler)
- Vincent: 'Starry Starry Night' (Don McLean)
- You Don't Count the Cost (Billy Dean)
- I Always Get Lucky With You (George Jones)

A Possible Introduction................................................................78

Becoming Human........................................................................79
- Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (The Animals)
- Ripple (Grateful Dead)

Daily Life.....................................................................................80
- Blue Suede Shoes (Carl Perkins)
- Hand in My Pocket (Alanis Morissette)
- Gotta Serve Somebody (Bob Dylan)
- Life's Been Good (Joe Walsh)

Our Actions.................................................................................82
- Everything that 'Cha Do Will Come Back to You (Wet Willie)
- Easy to be Hard (from HAIR)
- Foolish Pride (Travis Tritt)
- You Got to Stand for Someting (Aaron Tippin)

Our Emotions...............................................................................84
- Emotions (Brenda Lee)
- Handle with Care (The Traveling Wilburys)
- Within You Without You (The Beatles)
- (Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding)

Our Identity..................................................................................86
- Who I Am (Gary Wright)
- You Got Gold (John Prine)
- Respect (Aretha Franklin; Otis Redding)
- I'm Black and I'm Proud (James Brown)

Inside..........................................................................................88
- I've Always Been Crazy (Waylon Jennings)
- If I Only Had a Brain (from the WIZARD OF OZ)
- Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind (Lovin' Spoonful)
- Mind Your Own Business (Hank Williams)

Communication............................................................................90
- She Said She Said (The Beatles)
- Why Can't the English Learn to Speak? (from MY FAIR LADY)
- New York Mining Disaster, 1941 (The BeeGees)
- Call Me (Aretha Franklin)

Loneliness...................................................................................92
- Eleanor Rigby (The Beatles; Ray Charles)
- I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Hank Williams)
- Nobody Knows Me (Lyle Lovett)
- Heartbreak Hotel (Elvis Presley)

Addictions...................................................................................94
- Hotel California (The Eagles)
- I'm Your Pusher (Ice-T)
- What Made Milwaukee Famous Made a Loser Out of Me
(Jerry Lee Lewis)
- Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! That Cigarette (Commander Cody)
- Roving Gambler (Everly Brothers)

Dealing with Death.......................................................................96
- Floyd County (Dwight Yoakam)
- Fallen Angel (Robbie Robertson)
- Death Don't Have No Mercy in this Land (Rev. Gary Davis)
- Don't Pay the Ferryman (Chris De Burgh)

Our Beliefs..................................................................................98
- One of Us (Joan Osborne)
- Soul Searchin' (Glenn Frey)
- Black Rock (Rita MacNeil)
- Defying Gravity (Jesse Winchester)

Our Values.................................................................................100
- Simple Man (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
- Heart of Gold (Neil Young)
- Is My Living in Vain? (Xscape)
- You're Gonna Need Somebody on your Bond (Taj Mahal)

You Can Do It!............................................................................102
- You Can Make It If You Try (Rolling Stones)
- Keep on Smilin' (Wet Willie)
- No Surrender (Bruce Springsteen)
- Small Axe (Bob Marley & the Wailers)