Some people keep the lights on, stock the food shelf and answer the call before dawn. Others ask the country to bankroll their power. “Ask Not” turns JFK’s famous challenge toward the present in a protest song about service, self-dealing and the meaning of patriotism. It ends with a question nobody else can answer for us: What will you do?
Ask Not (What Your Country Can Do For You)
Some people keep the lights on, stock the food shelf and answer the call before dawn. Others ask the country to bankroll their power. “Ask Not” turns JFK’s famous challenge toward the present in a protest song about service, self-dealing and the meaning of patriotism. It ends with a question nobody else can answer for us: What will you do?