Howard Davidson
Aliquippa, PA - Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
I attended Penn State from 1964-1969. I studied architecture and later became a city planner in Pittsburgh.
When I got to State College, a local chapter of SDS was forming. I was right there to sign up and wanted to do whatever I could to turn America against this war. As far as anti-war activity, we did what we could. We marched the streets. We made our signs. We made noise. We engaged in debate wherever we could find a forum to debate. I, myself, participated in the national march on Washington which was a fantastic event. So many people went down there, and to this day, I think that march helped. It helped end the war. It sent a message to Washington that the people didn't want this war.
I wrote this song to tell the story of the Vietnamese children that were napalmed.
She Came Running
By Howard Davidson
She came running to us
From a jungle path
Her whole world turned to trash
She came running to us
She was running from the gods
Who turned the sky to fire
And the earth to blood
She came running to us
She was cryin’ out loud to people over here in another world
How was she to know that people over here in another world
Didn’t care
Oh she just didn’t know
She came running to us
From the desert sands
For a helping hand
She came running to us
She was running from the gods
Who spoke with bombs
And took her mother’s arms
She came running to us
She was cryin' out loud to people over here in another world
How was she to know that people over here in another world
Didn't care
Oh she just didn't know
She came running to us
Out of Africa
10,000 miles away
She came running to us
She was running from the gods
Who turned the sky to fire
And the earth to blood
She came running to us
She was cryin’ out loud to people over here in another world
How was she to know that people over here in another world
Didn’t care
Oh she just didn’t know
And after the camera clicked she came runnin’ to us
Oh she just didn’t know that no one cared
She came runnin’ to us