EVERYBODY'S GOT A RIGHT TO LIVE

We are down in Washington
Fighting against an age-old sin
Nothing but mass murder 
Done by age-old men.

CHORUS:
Everybody's got a right to live 
Everybody's got a right to live
And before this campaign fails
We'll all go down to jail
Everybody's got a right to live.

Can't you hear the women and children
Over in My Lai
Screaming, "Lieutenant William Calley
Why do we have to die?"

CHORUS

Our brothers and our sisters
Are demanding that we share
Soil, rocks, minerals,
The ocean and the air.

CHORUS

No more some be rich
While others dirt poor
All around this world
We say "Poverty No More!"

CHORUS

Here we are in Washington
Full of hope and pain
To see if some folks gonna listen
Or will they pluck their ears again.

CHORUS

We haven't got much time left
The sands are running out
"Peace, Justice, Freedom
You can hear the whole world shout!"

New words by Reverend Fred Kirkpatrick and Pete Seeger
(c) 1971