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"12 Mortal Men" lyrics

Suzanne Vega Lyrics

"12 Mortal Men"

Where I'm from
There's poverty
All kinds of inequality

Nobody comes here
Nobody leaves

Don't have to go far
Even to see
The Whipping Report
In the library
Hear one voice
Start singing
In the dirt
Twelve picks are ringing

Nobody comes here
Nobody leaves

Don't have to go far
Even to see
12 mortal men bound
In a song of liberty

Don't have to go far
The music I hear
Is 12 mortal men singing
In ecstasy and fear

In my heart
I see a crowd
A thousand, souls marching and proud

Everyone gathered
Each one is loved


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Writer(s): Suzanne Vega, Duncan Sheik
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album: "Lover, Beloved: Songs From An Evening With Carson McCullers" (2016)
Suzanne Vega - Lover, Beloved: Songs From An Evening With Carson McCullers album cover
Carson's Blues
New York Is My Destination
Instant Of The Hour After
We Of Me
Annemarie
12 Mortal Men
Harper Lee
Lover, Beloved
The Ballad Of Miss Amelia
Carson's Last Supper
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