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Voice for the Voiceless

 

1. Another young girl trafficked to work as a slave   

Sewing shirts and shoes for fourteen hours a day

It’s everywhere from the Philippines to ‘Frisco Bay

O Lord, how long must we call out to you? 

O Lord, or are you calling us to be

 

Chorus:  Voices for the voiceless

To shine the light of human rights 

For freedom and justice to prevail we must be voices

Voices for the voiceless

 

2. Another young man robbed of human dignity

Beaten, tortured, slaughtered by the new regime

Silenced in his cries that everyone be free

O Lord, how long must we call out to you?

O Lord, or are you calling us to be

 

Chorus

 

Bridge:  We gotta learn what we can do

Get our heads out of the sand

We have power we can use

To take a stand, and be

 

Chorus:  Voices for the voiceless

To shine the light of human rights 

For freedom and justice to prevail we must be

Voices for the voiceless

To shine the light of human rights 

For freedom and justice to prevail we must be voices

Voices for the voiceless

 

©2013 Nick Cardilino Music (ASCAP)