Waking Up - a protest song written and performed by Jack DesBois

Waking Up - a protest song written and performed by Jack DesBois

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Lyrics:

I was lying in my bed,
Waiting for the day to start,
Waiting for the sun to get me on my way,
And I waited, and I waited,
And while I lay and waited,
That old sun, he set upon another day.
And through the curtains I could swear I heard him say:

Freedom doesn’t come in a can.
Liberty won’t lead you by the hand.
No lecture series guarantees the key to living life.
There’s no magic pill to make you make a stand.
Freedom doesn’t come in a can.

There’s a songbird in a cage
Who I met the other day,
And she sang a song I never heard before.
It was mellow, it was sweet,
It turned my head, and it tapped my feet,
And I asked how she could sing when she can’t soar.
How could song so rich resound in one so poor?

She told me:
Freedom doesn’t come in a can.
Liberty won’t lead you by the hand.
No lecture series guarantees the key to living life.
There’s no magic pill to make you understand.
Freedom doesn’t come in a can.

There’s a fellow, don’t ask WHO,
Likes to tell us what to do:
Close your mind, and leave the thinking up to Doc.
He’s much smarter than you and me;
Listen to him, he’ll set you free.
You won’t even hear the clicking of the lock.
Well, I listened, but it’s my turn now to talk.
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And I say:
Freedom doesn’t come in a can.
Liberty won’t lead you by the hand.
No lecture series guarantees the key to living life.
There’s no magic pill to make you make a stand amid the strife.
No, no one else will write you out the plan.
Freedom doesn’t come,
Freedom doesn’t come in a can.