David Rovics - Song For The SOA lyrics

Well I pulled up there at the gate Had to come and keep a date With ten thousand of my friends Here to right some wrongs and make amends Folks came in buses, bikes and cars With voices, fiddles and guitars And all kinds of people, shapes and styles Burned those frequent flyer miles First thing I see's a singing nun At the frisky age of 91 She's here fresh out of jail Told the judge "I ain't got no bail "I'm bearing witness right here and now 'Cause we've got to change the world somehow So with you all right here I pray WE'LL SHUT DOWN THE SOA There's this year's crop from Oberlin And there's the folks from Warren-Wilson But they're not all eighteen to twenty-two They brought along their neighbors too There's grandpa, baby, mom and dad An ARA kid, fighting mad What are we gonna do today? WE'LL SHUT DOWN THE SOA There's some in pink, some in black There's one wrapped in a coffee sack There's t-shirts, stickers, pins and more Saying we don't want your oil war There's a labor lawyer from Walla Walla With some Mayan folks from Guatemala See, north and south the people say WE'LL SHUT DOWN THE SOA Pouring blood, crossing lines Holding crosses, making signs There's priests and punks in groups and pairs Along with a gang in wheelchairs There's Josh and Abi, Bill and Sue Charlie, Tao and you know who Giant puppets, paper mache Saying WE'LL SHUT DOWN THE SOA Yes, we'll keep coming to this town Til this torture school's shut down Then we'll march as we intone You do not walk alone To the next symbol in our sights In the global fight for human rights But for now we're here in this Georgia clay Saying WE'LL SHUT DOWN THE SOA