The Most Important Songs of the Rock Era: Songs That Changed the World..."Blowin' in the Wind" by Peter, Paul and Mary

If there's a more powerful song ever written calling on mankind to change than this one, I honestly don't know what it is.  Bob Dylan wrote it, and Peter, Paul & Mary deliver it in a stunning way.  Anyone who doesn't see the wisdom isn't human.  How many times can a man turn his head and pretend he doesn't see?  How many ears must one man have before he can hear people cry?  The answer is indeed blowin' in the wind and it is a million times that he can turn his head and he must have a million ears because 999,999 aren't enough for him. And a million ears would indeed make one hideous monster.  It's a song about human rights, about human dignity and about something better than the petty things we fight about on this earth.

"Blowin' in the Wind"

by Peter, Paul and Mary

Words and Music by Bob Dylan

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

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

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