Who Speaks for Me?
This is the title of a Tom Paxton song from the 1980s. It's been bugging me for more than a week because I remember some of the lyrics, but not the writer/singer? Today it came back to me.
The lyrics resonate so strongly with what is going on today. The difference is that it's the United States, not El Salvador in the middle of a civil war, where it's happening.
Tom Paxton Lyrics
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"Who Speaks For Me"
The army comes through
They curse us and trot us with guns
Sometimes they take us away
That's the end of that
They go where they like in the house
Their eyes miss nothing of value
And may the Virgin go with you
If you've a gun or a knife
But who speaks for me
I, who have no voice
Who decides for me
It seems I have no choice
Do I live do I die
Will my family survive
Will the ones who lean down from the trucks with their guns
Allow us our lives
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Of the ones who we never see
Guns and dollars are voices for you
But who speaks for me
TY, gaot.
