It Is Time
"It is time to stand up for the people"
is what the old man said
sugar plums and revolution
dance through the young boy's head
he don't know, but he's been told
that all is not so well
now it's time for him to choose
his heaven or his hell
"I can think of four and twenty damn good reasons
why all this talk is wrong"
said the senator from Texas
whose racist past is long
he don't know but he's been told
we live in fairyland
where there's no homelessness or hunger
and all is at hand
remember Dave
he had no choice
he joined the Army
in hopes of a career
now he's lying in some desert
for someone else's things
that he never got a taste of
for him it is too late
but for those of us who knew him
will we just hesitate?
I know that some of you just won't believe
your flag has blindfolded your right to see
but if we could just take one decision
and execute it with some small precision
it is time to stand up for the people
is what the young girl says
'cause when we stand up for the people
we stand up for ourselves
it is time, it is time, it is time
to stand up for the people...
words and music by andrew hammer, copyright 1995, otones (bmi), all rights reserved.