Rickie Lee Jones

Tell Somebody (Repeal the Patriot Act)

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Not long ago, it was all right
There were no bad dreams that kept me up at night
It was not brother against brother, mother against mother

Tell somebody
You’ve got to tell somebody
Tell somebody what happened in the U.S.A.

Now they want us to just get in line
Behind a president 
When you know they spent millions of dollars
Condemning and accusing the last one
From the other side

Tell somebody
From the other side
Tell somebody
Tell somebody what’s happened in the U.S.A.
Tell somebody, tell somebody, tell somebody
What happened in the U.S.A.?

Tell somebody, tell somebody, tell somebody

I want to know how far you will go
To protect our right of free speech
Because it only took a moment
Before it faded out of reach

Tell somebody, tell somebody right now
Tell somebody what happened in the U.S.A.
Tell somebody
I want to read about it in the news, hear about it on T.V.
Tell somebody what happened in the U.S.A.
When they ask you what happened in the U.S.A.
Tell somebody
They’ll want to know

Oh, people, the depth of our democracy
Is only as good as the voices of protest
That she protects
Voices of protest: 
Rise!

	