Put Your Freedom Where Your Mouth Is                  

by John Flynn

There’s a young man in a prison somewhere far across the sea
And his body’s being broken in the name of you and me
He’s been charged with no offenses and convicted of no crime
He’s protected by no law there and he’s running out of time

Put your freedom where your mouth is
In a land of liberty
You can't say nothing about this
For no tortured man is free

There’s a woman being beaten by the police in a place
where she wears her subjugation like a veil across her face
It’s the monster we’ve created so we don’t even protest
Because its oil is like black milk and we suckle at its breast

Put your freedom where your mouth is
In a land of liberty
You can't say nothing about this
For no beaten woman’s free

Now a child’s belly’s empty and he’s crying from the pain
And his mother soon will leave him to the virus in her veins
And his future ain't much brighter than the color of his skin
If you’ve never heard him weeping, then it’s time that you begin to

Put your freedom where your mouth is
In a land of liberty
You can't say nothing about this
For no hungry child is free

There’s a student and he’s gathering up his text  books in the dirt
Cause they didn’t like the slogan he had printed on his shirt
And they said he got off easy and they said next time he won’t
But he’ll keep wearing that t-shirt because they win if you don’t

Put your freedom where your mouth is
He believes in liberty
He’s for freedom and he’ll shout this
For no silenced man is free

© 2005 Flying Stone Music