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Verse 1
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With blisters on her feet,
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Montgomery, Alabama '55
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down like a river
deprived"
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Verse 2
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but she would never cry
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For her people she would stand
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and hold the line
Armed with the power of songs
and simply dignity
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She swore, "The voice that would
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surrender won't be mine"
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Verse 3
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Woman singing a freedom song,
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Woman showing us the way
Verse 4
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Rosa never took that bus,
She prayed for the power to make
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her stand alone
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of just one
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and it lifted her
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Of simply how much better
to be free
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Verse 6
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Woman singing a freedom song,
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Woman showing us the way
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Woman singing a freedom song,
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I'd love to hear that voice today
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Verse 7
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With blisters on her feet,
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she moved from place to place
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Outside Dublin city '81
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Sick and tired of being a stranger
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in her own home
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Where others had their comforts,
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she had none
Verse 8
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They gave Nan Joyce's people
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48 hours
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To leave with their belongings
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once againg
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But Nan Joyce had seen enough of
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these evictions
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She dreaded facing the winter's wind and
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Verse 9
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All her life Nan faced fear
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Spirits raised by the wealth of
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Verse 10
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and it lifted her
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She found her voice and spoke out
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be loved
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As Ir ish brothers and sisters by and by
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