The Right To Speak

Don’t speak to me of freedom’s loss Free speech that treasured jewel Lives cut short the human cost How governments misrule Its not a crime to have your say To speak about the truth Your silence is to high price, to pay Make sure you use that polling booth Mandela spent many years on a devil's isle And women died to gain the right to vote Many soldiers fell in wars, defending your lifestyle Don’t make freedom of speech your scapegoat No ones ever died from listening , to the spoken word But many defending the right to speak to deny the right would be absurd never punish those that dare to speak