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Simon Purchase James - Voices Fill the Air

from SpinTunes 20 Round 1 by Spintunes

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(Intro)

You’re telling me they can die by the bullet
But they’re not allowed to wear a dress
You’re telling me they can die by the bullet
But they’re too young to talk about sex (and gender and how those two things are intertwined but different all together.)
You’re telling me the right to bear arms comes before the right to self express
You’re telling me that a drag show party is more dangerous than death

Well I’ve got hands and I’ve got feet
I’ve got a body we could meet
Show up and show ‘em that we care

You’ve got a chance
You’ve got a choice
I’ve got a song
You’ve got a voice I’d like to hear it fill the air

(and it goes like…)

We will not be silent, we will not comply
We will stand together we are unified
By a love of Justice, it’s a love that guides all we do

Stop telling me war famine disease is all just par for the course?
Remind me once again again what are we fighting for?
It’s always the children that lose the war

You’re telling me that the profits of a few are worth more than clean water to you
You break your promises but that’s nothing new, it was just another political platitude

Well I’ve got hands and I’ve got feet
I’ve got a body we could meet
Show up and show ‘em that we care

You’ve got a chance
You’ve got a choice
I’ve got a song
You’ve got a voice I’d like to hear it fill the air

(and it goes like…)

We will not be silent, we will not comply
We will stand together we are unified
By a love of Justice, it’s a Love that guides all we do

In every moment every possibility, It’s all at once, everything is everywhere
You can dance you can sing you can cry you can drink, Tell me what do you choose to share?
There’s no such thing as alone, There’s no such thing as alone

I am here, as you are me, and I am we, and we are all in this thing together
We might as well make the world a whole lot a bit better

(airport security guard - interlude)

It only takes 3.5% of a population to effect radical social change through a movement of non-violent direct action. We can do it if we stand together. You know it. I know it. It’s just a matter of getting to it.
Well we’ve got hands and I’ve got feet
we’ve got a body we could meet
Show up and show ‘em that we care

We’ve got chances
We’ve got a choices
We’ve got songs
We’ve got voices I’d like to hear it fill the air
We’ve got kindness we’ve got strength
We’ll march the march no matter the length
We’ll put our bodies on the line because we care
Create a better world to share

Every day and every moment opportunity awaits
The gate is open, will you take it?
You can take the reins
Choose to make a change
Don’t you know this human thing is strange
Oh never forget this one little thing…
You are never alone (x2)

We’ve got chances
We’ve got a choices
We’ve got songs
We’ve got voices I’d like to hear it fill the air
We’ve got kindness we’ve got strength
We’ll march the march no matter the length
We’ll put our bodies on the line because we care
Create a better world to share

(Spirit Airlines Outro)

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from SpinTunes 20 Round 1, released March 21, 2023

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