Various Artists - Ballots/stones lyrics

You come out in droves; Protectors of an ancient code You'd like to know What would become of you and yours If left alone So, with that pride destined to find Itself on the wrong side of history You take arms Did you cast a ballot or a stone?* Did it cast a shadow on their home? Let's go To a place I know where men can share a home By now the world should know That your factions and their Romance with interference They have no business in these homes Did you cast a ballot or a stone? Did it cast a shadow on their home? Your slogans echo loudly From Edmund Pettus Bridge Would you tear up like you did when the Lovings wed? I'd give so much to see your a**aults laid to rest Would they be mourned like the rightless ones you've vilified? Because at their funerals When the priest gives the flag to her partner, she still cries Four years before the state gave them the right Did you cast a ballot or a stone? [* This line was found on the picket signs of those who protested California's proposition 8 This song is dedicated to all those who fight on for marital equality In the United States and across the world.]