Recorded September 23, 2018 at the Concert Across America to End Gun Violence in Fairfax, VA.

Crys Matthews - acoustic guitar/vocals, Graham Drew - bass
Video by Steve Pendlebury

v1. Thurston was not the first one, not the last —
Columbine, Virginia Tech, and Newtown came to pass,
then Umpqua and Marshall County High,
but Marjory Stoneman Douglas said "ENOUGH" — we shouldn't have to die.
Kids are marching, marching, marching for their lives
while Congress gets their coffers filled and all their pockets lined.
The kids act like grownups while the grownups act like children —
oh, I can feel that change coming as they cry "NEVER AGAIN!"

ch. So I'll keep singing, I'll keep marching, I'll keep trying
until the day that there are fewer of us dying.
I will not hold my tongue or all the thoughts inside my head —
I think I'll keep on holding up these protest signs instead.

v2. Stephon was not the first one (he won't be the last).
Walter Scott, and Oscar Grant were killed long before that,
Philando and sweet Rekia too —
it's for them that others take a knee. It is NOT to disrespect our troops.
And so they're marching, marching, marching for black lives
'cause they still don't seem to matter, be you adult or a child.
It's not anti-police, it's anti-police brutality.
I can feel that change coming as they cry "NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE!"

ch. So I'll keep singing, I'll keep marching, I'll keep trying
until the day that there are fewer of us dying.
I will not hold my tongue or all the thoughts inside my head —
I think I'll keep on holding up these protest signs instead.

Bridge: Immigrants and dreamers
marching hand-in-hand with teachers,
women in pink hats
taking the government to task —
these are the signs
of the times we're living in.
Resist! Persist!
In the end, love ALWAYS wins!

ch. So let's keep singing, let's keep marching, let's keep trying
until the day that there are fewer of us dying.
Do not hold your tongue or all the thoughts inside your head.
Keep lifting other people up!
Keep marching! Lift your voices up!
Don't give up, just keep on holding up those protest signs instead!

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