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Laws were made for people |
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And the law can never scorn |
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The right of a man to be free |
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Free the people! |
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Let them have their say |
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Free the people! |
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Let them see the light of day |
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A dismal dawn was breaking when they took her man away |
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Not knowing what was his crime |
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Just what he was guilty of not one of them could say |
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But they'll think of something in time |
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He says: "Goodbye and remember |
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We shall overcome" |
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Free the people! |
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Let them have their say |
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Free the people! |
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Let them see the light of day |
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Comforting her children softly crying in the night |
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She tries very hard to explain |
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You know, your Daddy never did a thing that wasn't right |
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So soon he's bound to be home again |
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He is a good man |
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And he shall overcome |
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Free the people! |
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Let them have their say |
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Free the people! |
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Let them see the light of day |
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What does it profit him |
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The right to be born |
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If he suffers the loss of liberty? |
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Laws were made for people |
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And the law can never scorn |
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The right of a man to be free |
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We are the people |
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And we shall overcome |
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We are the people |
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And we shall overcome |
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Free the people! |
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Let them have their say |
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Free the people! |
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Let them see the light of day! |
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Free the people! |
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Let them have their say |
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Free the people! |
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Let them see the light of day |
