Have You Been To Jail For Justice ?

Anne Feeney

Originale	Le parole nella versione cantata da Peter, Paul and Mary
HAVE YOU BEEN TO JAIL FOR JUSTICE ?	HAVE YOU BEEN TO JAIL FOR JUSTICE
Was it Cesar Chavez ? Maybe it was Dorothy Day ? Some will say Dr. King or Gandhi set them on their way No matter who your mentors are it's pretty plain to see That, if you've been to jail for justice, you're in good company	Was it Cesar Chavez or Rosa Parks that day? Some say Dr. King or Ghandi Set them on their way No matter who your mentors are It's pretty plain to see That if you've been to jail for justice You're in good company
Have you been to jail for justice? I want to shake your hand Cause sitting in and lyin' down are ways to take a stand Have you sung a song for freedom? or marched that picket line? Have you been to jail for justice? Then you're a friend of mine You law abiding citizens, come listen to this song	Have you been to jail for justice? I want to shake your hand 'Cause sitting in and laying down Are ways to take a stand Have you sung a song for freedom Or marched that picket line? Have you been to jail for justice? Then you're a friend of mine
'Cause laws were made by people, and people can be wrong	You law abiding citizens Come listen to this song Laws are made by people And people can be wrong Once unions were against the law But slavery was fine Women were denied the vote While children worked the mine The more you study history The less you can deny it A rotten law stays on the books 'til folks with guts defy it!
Once unions were against the law, but slavery was fine Women were denied the vote and children worked the mine The more you study history the less you can deny it A rotten law stays on the books til folks with guts defy it	Have you been to jail for justice? I want to shake your hand 'Cause sitting in and laying down Are ways to take a stand Have you sung a song for freedom Or marched that picket line? Have you been to jail for justice? Then you're a friend of mine
The law's supposed to serve us, and so are the police And when the system fails, it's up to us to speak our peace We must be ever vigilant for justice to prevail	Well the law is supposed to serve us And so are the police When the system fails It's up to us to speak our piece We must be ever vigilant For justice to prevail So get courage from your convictions Let 'em haul you off to jail!
So get courage from your convictions Let them haul you off to jail!	Have you been to jail for justice? I want to shake your hand 'Cause sitting in and laying down Are ways to take a stand Have you sung a song for freedom Or marched that picket line? Have you been to jail for justice? Then you're a friend of mine Have you been to jail for justice Have you been to jail for justice Have you been to jail for justice Then you're a friend of mine