so long a silence covers up much pain
we can rejoice but we must still recall
this sun of freedom rises through the
rain
why they were taken we need not explain
for weight of shadows on us casts a
pall
so long a silence covers up much pain
of those who suffered for other folks’
gain
whose battered bodies hung against the
wall
this sun of freedom rises through the
rain
and still we dance our every hope made
plain
elsewhise we’d stoop and crouch and
bend and bawl
so long a silence covers up much pain
they won their battle and their long
campaign
whose time of servitude was not so
small
this sun of freedom rises through the
rain
with words of justice sung in no wild
strain
by men and women proudly standing tall
so long a silence covers up much pain
this sun of freedom rises through the
rain
