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​RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
words and music
​copyright © 2015 by

Roy Zimmerman and Melanie Harby
Back when the Pilgrims landed on these rocks
They thanked the Lord and they rang out their socks

They were escaping those religious tyrannies

So they said, "Jeez!  Let us worship as we please."


They knew the strictures of their scriptures would never fail 'em

And so they started lighting fires on the pyres in Salem


Freedom to oppress

In the name of righteousness

Religious Freedom to scratch where it itches

Religious Freedom to Burn Our Own Witches


Y'all know the story of the first Thanksgiving

Historical origin of Martha Stewart Living

They feasted with the Wampanoag on that shore

And then wiped out the Pequot in the Pequot War


They knew God had sent them to this Eden among the Heathen

To say, "Convert to our Dear Lord, or you won't be breathin'."

Freedom to oppress
In the name of righteousness

Religious Freedom to scratch where it itches

Religious Freedom to Burn Our Own Witches


Then all the colonies said, "What the Hell?

We don't need a king, let's ring the Liberty Bell."

All men are equal, no one's lesser or greater

And we're endowed with certain rights by our creator

And that was sweet, but what made liberty even sweeter
Was they still could own slaves, according to Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy...Second Kings and First Peter


So We the People formed a nation and the Bill of Rights ensures

I’m free to practice my religion, and you’re free to practice mine

Ain’t that divine?

Slavery opened up a national wound
Much blood was spilled before the Union re-uned

They saved a nation in that Civil War

Our fathers brought four score and seven years before


But some were certain they could hear the Almighty saying

Don’t mix the races, segregate and start K-K-K-ing


Freedom - freedom to oppress

In the name of - in the name of righteousness

Freedom to persecute

In a Biblical pursuit

Religious Freedom to Burn...


But Separate is not Equal, the Supreme Court found

And they struck all the segregation laws down

They found that marriage is a basic civil right

The law can’t break into your bedroom late at night


Still some say, “We will not heed unelected judges

We know we’re righteous and our bigotry never budges”


Freedom to oppress

In the name of righteousness

Religious Freedom to scratch where it itches

Religious Freedom to Burn Our Own Witches


Religious Freedom to Burn Burn Burn Burn Burn…

​Our Own Witches


RIZE UP is available as a CD, as a digital download, as part of the Complete Collection, and as part of the Introductory Bundle. You can also get a free download of the mp3 audio file for the title track, "Rise Up." 
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