One Man Come

40 years ago today, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot with a rifle fired by James Earl Ray.

I want to forget this sad, sad day in anticipation of the event wherein Obama would give his acceptance speech to the Democratic National Convention 45 years to the day after MLK's "I Have A Dream" speech. That will make for a much better anniversary.

Wow.

Maybe you've heard of it, but U2 once wrote a song about it.

One man come in the name of love
One man come and go
One man come here to justify
One man to overthrow
In the name of love!
One man in the name of love
In the name of love!
What more? In the name of love!

One man caught on a barbed wire fence
One man he resists
One man washed on an empty beach
One man betrayed with a kiss

In the name of love!
What more in the name of love?
In the name of love!
What more? In the name of love!

...nobody like you...there's nobody like you...

Mmm...mmm...mmm...
Early morning, April 4
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride

In the name of love!
What more in the name of love?
In the name of love!
What more in the name of love?
In the name of love!
What more in the name of love...