(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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