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MY VOTE, MY VOICE, MY RIGHT
(from the album "The Faucet's on Fire!")
words and music
copyright © 2015 by

Roy Zimmerman and Melanie Harby
​

Way back when, when they said “all men,” they meant every wealthy European male
So back then, to vote required bein’ white and bein’ rich and bein’ male       


They said, “You can’t vote if got no property

You can’t vote if you’re not free

You can’t vote if you’re a woman ‘cause you

Got no stake in democracy”


Year by year, people had to ponder what the Declaration musta meant

By “All men” - clearly it was time for an electoral adjust-a-ment  

And they won the vote for those who had no property

Won the vote for those who’d been freed


Won the vote for women in America, they

Wrote it down it was guaranteed - They all said it’s…


          My Vote! - You can’t deny it

          My Voice! - Can’t take it away

          My Right! - I won’t be quiet, ‘cause it’s

          My Vote, my Voice, my Right

          My Vote, my Voice, my Right


Well, a right’s a right, but without a fight it can evaporate and float away

And by night, there were some who came around and tried to take the vote away

They said, “You can’t vote - you haven’t paid the poll tax
You can’t vote - You can’t pass the exam

You can’t vote for fear of retribution

And the people stood up, and said, “Well damn, it’s…


          (chorus)


So, my friends, register and get to know the ballot ‘cause you got to vote

And beware, always in the shadows there are those who want you not to vote


Saying, “You can’t vote - Your machine isn’t working right

You can’t vote - You’re going to school

You can’t vote - You registered improperly

You can’t vote - Your lines are too long

Say you’re gonna use it - Say you’ll never lose it

If they ask you who’s it is, just say it’s…


          (chorus)



​"My Vote, My Voice, My Right" is on the new double-album release THIS MACHINE: THE BEST OF ROY ZIMMERMAN and on the album THE FAUCET'S ON FIRE!, available as a CD, as a digital download and as part of the Complete Collection.
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