David Rovics - Song For Ana Belen Montes lyrics

Twenty-five years was what the judge said Then he banged his gavel and shook his head You've done wrong, you broke our trust Now we caught you and this is a bust Now you'll spend these decades behind bars of steel You thought you could play with us, but this is for real He said you gave away secrets to the enemy Now you'll live in prison in the land of the free (Chorus) But here beneath this Cuban sun I'd just like to thank you for all you've done My heart today is torn apart Ana Belen Montes, you are a spy after my own heart "I obeyed my conscience rather than the law," so you said at your secret trial You took no money for your work, so says your decla**ified file You warned the Cubans of the plans of the a**a**ins from the US Just what other good deeds you did, they may never tell us (Chorus) High up in the ranks of the DoD you served the common good Working alone, night and day, you did just what you should Of all the great people I have known, there are few that I'd call greater Than one woman who obeyed a higher law, who the judge called traitor (Chorus)