Tonart: C major
Verse 1
a playwright and theatre director
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C
called Safdar Hashmi
was murdered on the streets
near Delhi.
His street theatre is said to have stressed on the right to
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speak out freely against oppression.
He's a long lost story
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and a half -forgotten name
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How can I help it if I still feel ashamed?
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Coz a wound still hurts
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and there's no one to blame officially
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Coz in a land where leaders
buy off their votes
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G
A pen can never be as strong as a sword
So the playwright gets written
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off the open roads of Delhi
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It could have been in Lucknow or Lebanon,
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could have been in L .A.
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He could have been a Hindu, a Baptist,
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could have been a Jain.
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But the dirty side of the facts still remains.
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free to write what he had to say,
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free to put up a roadside play,
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and free to be slain on the streets.
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Oh, freedom, freedom, what does it mean?
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I know what it meant,
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yes I know what it meant,
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Fm
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I know what it meant to hush me,
Shakespeare you see,
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neither did he hobnob at NSD
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Could be dispensed with
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quite easily on the roads
Still a woman named Shabana
stood up and cried
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And the rest of the audience
And I know that on that fate
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ful night she was alone
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And you're free to raise
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But there's no guarantee
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that someone will understand
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In a land where fanatics
and politics
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And everyone's free to lock their doors
running like before
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And hired hoodlums beat
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Oh, freedom, freedom, what does it mean?
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I know what it meant, yes,
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Fm
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I know what it meant to hush me
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Saffar Hashmi
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Em
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Bm
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Come tell me why we were
freed at midnight
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I'll tell you why Judas
betrayed poor Christ
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Go on repeating the lies of history
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A history that'll keep rolling on and on
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And I'm free to sing my freedom song,
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feel proud of the land where we belong,
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Cause a song is a song who cares,
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and who the hell sings only lies
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Cause the one who defies
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Dm
is always free to die on the streets
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And if you still find it hard to conceive
you can also deceive
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You're free to turn away,
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not believe in me
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Oh, freedom, what does it mean
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I know what it meant, yes,
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Fm
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I'm old, but it meant to hush me
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