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Where's Chelsea? (for Chelsea Manning)

from datazoic folk by John Sobol's SoundBytes

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Where’s Chelsea?
By John Sobol

Chelsea you‘re not here to be queer
Chelsea you’re not here to make peace
Chelsea you’re locked up in your cell tonight
Tucked in by all America’s might

Chelsea you’re not here to cry
Chelsea you’re not here to try
Chelsea you’re locked up in your cell tonight
Tucked in by all America’s might

Somewhere a boy is dreaming of heroes
Skinny and strong and true
Somewhere a girl is dreaming of heroes
Heroes just like you

Chelsea you’re not here to be brave
Not here to misbehave
To save me to save us
To burn DVDs
To stand like a man with your mouse in your hand
And to say I’m not giving my freedom away
My freedom to love and my freedom to choose
My freedom to give and my freedom to use
The gifts my god gave me
To stop us killing babies
To stop blasphemous murder
To stop war
And I’ll stop crying under my bed Chelsea said
And I’ll use my head and I’ll use my heart
and I’ll use my hands and I’ll use my art
And I’ll tear down the walls that shield us all
From the lies that are told down washington’s halls
Down telephone lines
And email chains
The words that explain how the world’s wars are maintained
And I’ll do it for you and for me and for us
Though I didn’t really think it would come down to this

‘cause now I’m just a shell
In Obama’s living hell
And if you please I don’t feel well

Somewhere a girl is dreaming of heroes
Skinny and strong and true
Somewhere a boy is dreaming of heroes
Heroes just like you


Bradley you‘re not here to be queer
Chelsea you’re not here to make peace
Chelsea you’re locked up in your cell tonight
Tucked in by all America’s might
But Chelsea your deeds made some wrongs right
And we hope you sleep well tonight.
Chelsea we hope
You sleep well
Tonight.

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from datazoic folk, released August 31, 2014
Written and Performed by John Sobol
Produced by John Sobol and Blake Hargreaves
Recorded by Blake Hargreaves

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