David Rovics - No One is Illegal

David Rovics - No One is Illegal

The clouds gather in your forests
And drift to my desert town
And I think of far-off places
As the rain is coming down
You're bent down in the fields
Picking fruit there from the vine
And it ends up on my table
As it moves on down the line

The moon shines brightly in the night sky
The river flows from south to north
With the changing of the seasons
The birds migrate back and forth
But they say that you can't come here
Not in the light of day
Somebody has got plans for you
Starve at home or hide away

(Chorus)
Will we open up the borders
Tear down the prison walls
Declare that no one is illegal
Watch the giant as it falls

So much travels across these borders
So much is bought and sold
One way goes the gunships
The other comes the gold
Free trade is like a needle
Drawing blood straight from your heart
And the border's like a prison
Keeping friends apart

(Chorus)

Hear the stockholders cheering
The world's getting smaller
Hear the drowning child crying
"Why are the fences growing taller"
Some whisper in the shadows
While others count the dollars
Some have suits and ties
Others, chains and collars

(Chorus)

May the fortress walls come down
May we meet our sisters and our brothers
Stand arm and arm there in the daylight
No longer fighting one another
Will we stand together
For therein lies our might
Will we understand these words
"People of the world unite"

(Chorus)

Category:

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Tags:

• David
• rovics
• immigrants
• illegal
• borders
• internationalism

[Trackgal125]

.....um....yes....people are illegal.....what are you smoking?

good voice tho.

[AnarchistOpposition]

@Trackgal125 Because all lyrics are absolutely literal, right? Did you even listen to the fucking song and what he said beforehand?

[CloudMeetsSky]

Rape and murder are the only things that are wrong.

[AnarchistOpposition]

@CloudMeetsSky I'm not someone who believes in any sort of objective morality, but my own morality doesn't have things that are contingent like that. Murder can in some circumstances be justified. I can also think of more things that I would consider wrong; such as slavery.

[TheRulezzzzzz]

David Rovics is great!!!

[skrewfacesoundcom]

@Trackgal125 Oh yeah, youre truth is absolute!

[skrewfacesoundcom]

@Trackgal125 Oh yeah, youre truth is absolute!

[Trackgal125]

@CloudMeetsSky .......wtf

[bornagain66]

@Trackgal125 What people are illegal? What are you smoking. The world is occupied by humans, No one is illegal.

[Readabookism]

love ur pickin...see u in tulsa!