A New Day
This is the land that first created humanity
Her children still are crying for their liberty
But voices from the darkness will rise like the sun
Telling all the people that a new day will come
A new day will come
How long can a voice be silenced till a cry must break?
Violence only leads to violence, that is our mistake
And if the laws were fair and just, then no stone need be cast
But you have courted vengeance with the laws that you have passed
How can you rest easy, tell me is your conscience clear?
Have you known humiliation, hunger and despair?
Can you jail a nation and think your time well spent?
Knowing that the land you govern holds you in contempt?
In contempt
This is the land that first created humanity
Her children still are crying for their liberty
The voices from the darkness will rise like the sun
Telling all the people that a new day will come
A new day will come
Who raises your children and who lifts your heavy load?
Who works in the factories and who goes down for the gold?
A country is its people and its people must be free
To speak and share and bring to bear the fruits of liberty
Liberty
This is the land that first created humanity
Her children still are crying for their liberty
But voices from the darkness will rise like the sun
Telling all the people that a new day will come
A new day has come
A new day has come
