This is one of my all-time favorite songs and I think it is very appropriate to listen to it again, after the first days of the Obama administration. No, not all is perfect, but what a difference, eh?
Update 12/05/2010: I was looking at my visitor logs and found that someone had read this post. When I went to it, I found that the video had been removed from YouTube because the account had been deleted. So I found a new video – this is still one of my all time favorite songs, but I do think that my optimism was misguided at the time that I posted this. Who could have foreseen the mess that we are now in? Hope, it seems, does spring eternal.
on Jan 25th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
I always liked this song too…let’s all hope for brighter days. Having Obama in office is a good start!
on Jan 26th, 2009 at 8:35 am
Even though I’m not able to watch the video, I’m very familiar with this song and like it, too. And I feel like I can sing it with some conviction now!