David Rovics - Song For Hugo Chavez lyrics

For the moment the horizon is on fire Democracy rising balanced on a wire Liberation, you can smell it in the air Things are moving and the rich are all aware Some will talk along the sidelines, others they will do Me, I'll sing a song for Chavez before the coup For the moment the airwaves are alive On the radio the barrios have arrived Cuban doctors in their thousands on the street In the shanty towns they're pouring the concrete The opposition whines that Venezuela is all through Sing a song for Chavez before the coup For the moment folks are learning how to read The Constitution is the people's creed From their back pocket they'll take it out for all to see And their motto is d**h or liberty There are those who will complain, mostly the privileged few Sing a song for Chavez before the coup For the moment the oil wells are flowing And Citgo's profits know exactly where they're going Feed the hungry, house those without a home Give the tractors to those who dig sod and loam Maybe he will meet the fate that Allende knew But I'll sing a song for Chavez before the coup For the moment the movement's on the rise It's all happening right before our eyes But turn on the TV and there's nothing they will say If he's gone and we don't hear it did it happen anyway If the future's to be ours I ask what are you gonna do Sing a song for Chavez before the coup