Everybody's Got A Right To Live
Pete SeegerOriginale | La versione originale scritta dal reverendo Frederick Douglass... |
EVERYBODY'S GOT A RIGHT TO LIVE | EVERYBODY'S GOT A RIGHT TO LIVE |
We are down in Washington Fighting against an age-old sin Nothing but mass murder Done by age-old men. | Everybody's got a right to live Everybody's got a right to live And before this campaign fails We'll all go down to jail Everybody's got a right to live. |
Everybody's got a right to live Everybody's got a right to live And before this campaign fails We'll all go down to jail Everybody's got a right to live. | On my way to Washington Feelin’ awful sad Thinkin’ about an income That I never had |
Can't you hear the women and children Over in My Lai Screaming, "Lieutenant William Calley Why do we have to die?" | Everybody's got a right to live Everybody's got a right to live And before this campaign fails We'll all go down to jail Everybody's got a right to live. |
Everybody's got a right to live Everybody's got a right to live And before this campaign fails We'll all go down to jail Everybody's got a right to live. | Black man picked the cotton A long time ago He has been a victim Since they brought him to this shore |
Our brothers and our sisters Are demanding that we share Soil, rocks, minerals, The ocean and the air. | Black man dug the pipeline Hewed down the pines Gave his troubles to Jesus Kept on toeing the line |
Everybody's got a right to live Everybody's got a right to live And before this campaign fails We'll all go down to jail Everybody's got a right to live. | Everybody's got a right to live Everybody's got a right to live And before this campaign fails We'll all go down to jail Everybody's got a right to live. |
No more some be rich While others dirt poor All around this world We say "Poverty No More!" | Black man dug the ditches Both night and day Black man did the work While the white man got the pay |
Everybody's got a right to live Everybody's got a right to live And before this campaign fails We'll all go down to jail Everybody's got a right to live. | Now look a-here, Congress This is a brand new day No more full-time work And part-time pay |
Here we are in Washington Full of hope and pain To see if some folks gonna listen Or will they pluck their ears again. | Everybody's got a right to live Everybody's got a right to live And before this campaign fails We'll all go down to jail Everybody's got a right to live. |
Everybody's got a right to live Everybody's got a right to live And before this campaign fails We'll all go down to jail Everybody's got a right to live. | I want my share of silver I want my share of gold I want my share of justice To save my dying soul |
We haven't got much time left The sands are running out "Peace, Justice, Freedom You can hear the whole world shout!" | Everybody's got a right to live Everybody's got a right to live And before this campaign fails We'll all go down to jail Everybody's got a right to live. |