Song of Choice

Early every year, seeds are growing
 Unseen, unheard, they lie beneath the ground
 Would you know before the leaves are showing
 That with weeds all your garden will abound?
 If you close your eyes, stop your ears
 Hold your mouth, how can you know?
 The seeds you cannot see may not be there
 The seeds you cannot hear may never grow
 In January you've still got the choice
 You can cut the weeds before they start to bud
 If you leave them to grow higher, they'll silence your voice
 And in December you may pay with your blood
 Close your eyes, stop your ears
 Close your mouth and take it slow
 Let others take the lead and you bring up the rear
 And later you can say you didn't know
 Everyday another vulture takes flight
 There's another danger born every morning
 In the darkness of your blindness the beast will learn to bite
 How can you fight if you can't recognize a warning?
 Close your eyes, stop your ears
 Close your mouth and then you know
 Let others take the lead and you bring up the rear
 And later you can say you didn't know
 Today you may earn a living wage
 Tomorrow you may be on the dole
 Though there's millions going hungry, you needn't disengage
 For it's them, not you, that's fallen in the hole
 It's alright for you if you run with the pack
 It's alright if you agree with all they do
 If the fascist's party slowly climbing back
 It's not here yet, so what's it got to do with you?
 The weeds are all around us and they're growing
 It will soon be too late for the knife
 If you leave them on the wind that around the world is blowing
 You may pay for your silence with your life
 Close your eyes, stop your ears
 Close your mouth, they're never there
 And if it happens here, they'll never come for you
 Because they'll know you really didn't care
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