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Viewing Lyrics for Have You Been To Jail For Justice?:
| | | Artist: | PETER, PAUL AND MARY |
| | Album: | Unknown | | Track: | Have You Been To Jail For Justice? | | | | Date Added: | 18/10/2007 | | Views: | 3 | | | | Lyrics: | (Anne Feeney)
Was it Cesar Chavez or Rosa Parks that day?
Some say Dr. King or
Ghandi
Set them on their way
No matter who your mentors are
It's pretty plain to
see
That if you've been to jail for justice
You're in good company
Have you been to
jail for justice?
I want to shake your hand
'Cause sitting in and laying down
Are ways
to take a stand
Have you sung a song for freedom
Or marched that picket line?
Have you
been to jail for justice?
Then you're a friend of mine
You law abiding
citizens
Come listen to this song
Laws are made by people
And people can be
wrong
Once unions were against the law
But slavery was fine
Women were denied the
vote
While children worked the mine
The more you study history
The less you can deny
it
A rotten law stays on the books
'til folks with guts defy it!
Have you been to
jail for justice?
I want to shake your hand
'Cause sitting in and laying down
Are ways
to take a stand
Have you sung a song for freedom
Or marched that picket line?
Have you
been to jail for justice?
Then you're a friend of mine
Well the law is supposed to
serve us
And so are the police
When the system fails
It's up to us to speak our
piece
We must be ever vigilant
For justice to prevail
So get courage from your
convictions
Let 'em haul you off to jail!
Have you been to jail for justice?
I want
to shake your hand
'Cause sitting in and laying down
Are ways to take a stand
Have you
sung a song for freedom
Or marched that picket line?
Have you been to jail for
justice?
Then you're a friend of mine
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