Music & Lyrics: Carolyn Wonderland
I’ve done things for food I ain’t always proud of
Been caught and plead my case in courts of the law
Been told that I’m a soul who ain’t got a country
And my life, my life is the silver lining of it all
She said, “Let’s play a game where you sit still and be quiet
The winners get to dance in their socks tonight
I’m going to lock the door, so don’t you pry it
I’ll be back with dinner soon, so baby turn out the lights”
We’ve marched to the capitols
We’ve sang in the holler
Dined with the kings
And scraped by in the squalor
And lo, lo, how hard we’ve tried
But peace without justice
Is just freedom denied
My brother came to find me later that morning
Our journey stretched along for a year and several days
Picked up a dog whose one good eye led us forward
“Maybe we can send for Mom” my brother would say
solo
How long from the bombs should we worry
Tell me just how far from the rocket’s red glare?
When shall we ease all this suffering
With all that goes to waste that should have been shared
We’ve marched to the capitols
We’ve sang in the holler
Dined with the kings
And scraped by in the squalor
And lo, lo, how hard we’ve tried
But peace without justice
Is just freedom denied
She said, “Let’s play a game where we sit still and be quiet…”