Pete Seeger Live - new protest song about BP oil spill in gulf coast on Banjo w James Maddock guitar

On July 23th 2010 Pete Seeger performed live at a Gulf Coast Oil Spill fundraiser at The City Winery in New York City. There, he unveiled to the public his new protest song about the BP oil spill entitled "God's Counting on Me, God's Counting on You." Backing up Pete's singing and banjo picking is the singer/songwriter James Maddock on acoustic guitar. All proceeds of this concert went to the Gulf Restoration Network. The song was written by Lorre Wyatt and Pete Seeger. The show was produced and hosted by Richard Barone. The video was edited and mixed by Matthew Billy. The audio is a mixture of the microphones on stage and the camera microphone behind the audience. The stage microphones picked up the singing and banjo playing while the camera microphone picked up the audience singing along and clapping.

Lyrics:

When we look and we can see things are not what they should be
God's counting on me, God's counting on you
When we look and see things that should not be
God's counting on me, God's counting on you
Hopin' we'll all pull through, Hoping we'll all pull through,
Hopin' we'll all pull through
Me and you.

It's time to turn things around, trickle up not trickle down
God's counting on me, God's counting on you
It's time to turn things around, trickle up not trickle down
God's counting on me, God's counting on you
Hopin' we'll all pull through, Hoping we'll all pull through,
Hopin' we'll all pull through
Me and you.

And when drill, baby, drill turns to spill, baby, spill
God's counting on me, God's counting on you
Yes when drill, baby, drill turns to spill, baby, spill
God's counting on me, God's counting on you
Hopin' we'll all pull through, Hoping we'll all pull through,
Hopin' we'll all pull through
Me and you.

Don't give up don't give in, workin' together we all can win
God's counting on me, God's counting on you
Don't give up don't give in, workin' together we all can win
God's counting on me, God's counting on you
Hopin' we'll all pull through, Hoping we'll all pull through,
Hopin' we'll all pull through
Me and you.

There's big problems to be solved, let's get everyone involved
God's counting on me, God's counting on you
There's big problems to be solved, let's get everyone involved
God's counting on me, God's counting on you
Hopin' we'll all pull through, Hoping we'll all pull through,
Hopin' we'll all pull through
Me and you.

When we sing with younger folks, we can never give up hope
God's counting on me, God's counting on you
When we sing with younger folks, we can never give up hope
God's counting on me, God's counting on you
Hopin' we'll all pull through, Hoping we'll all pull through,
Hopin' we'll all pull through
Me and you.

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[richardbarone]

@clockguy2 - @clockguy2 - Ironically, it's the very freedom of speech and expression that Pete Seeger has spent a lifetime defending through his words and music that allows your criticism. By the way, there is not ONE political line in this lyric. And anyone who does NOT protest this oil spill, a massive assault to God's gift of the Earth, is either terribly and sadly misinformed, overly political himself, or seriously confused. Long live Pete Seeger, his music, and his message!

[iamroughdraft]

Hooray for Pete... courageous to the end!

God and all of us are counting on folks like him!

[SapperK9]

A new hymn for Green...

[williamemarks]

Good news of Lorre Wyatt mending from his stroke - and working with his long-time friend, Pete Seeger, to create this awesome song. So good to see Pete having the energy and wherewithal to perform with such a strong stage presence at this stage in his journey (92 years!). As well - Pete's wife of 67 years, Toshi, is facing her own challenges - but, Pete's love and devotion seems to sustain them. Truly, let's hope we will all pull through these challenging times.

[poorjf]

The strength of his voice and his presence is incredible, given his age. A lot of 50 year old singer/songwriters don't look or sound so good.

[SirPandrew]

What a beast.

[MStock57]

What is he 92 now? Way to hang in there Pete.

[donotadjustyourset]

Saw some scroller thingy about a Studio version while watching this ... why? For crying out loud, the last thing we need is some studio engineer screwing up what Pete does best by trying to 'polish it up'. I've seen Pete live many times and they were some of the very best performances of anyone, anywhere, anytime.

[dramusic]

Pete is probably the most honest musician, in every sense of the word, this nation has ever produced. Anyone who does not like Pete Seeger, is someone that I do not care to know, and hope to never meet. One of our greatest living Americans!

[richardbarone]

@SEANFIR Haha! True! Those wine bottles were signed by all the artists on the show, and auctioned off to benefit the Oil Spill cleanup efforts.  The label was designed by Michael Stipe, and the wine itself was quite nice :)

[peoplestandup]

Thank love this song of Pete good one thank for sharing!!!!!

[jemachri]

I don't know if it's just me, but I think there's something touching seeing an old man like him singing on stage at an age of 91. He has entertained people since 1939, almost 72 years. Well done, sir! ;-D