Free Harbor - David Indian

    I have come here to sing for the harbor
    that binds my native city to the sea
    and to join my voice to the voices of her people
    who say, 'Keep this harbor nuclear free!'

    I have come here singing for the harbor
    nuclear free harbor

    all of my lifetime we've been fighting with the Russians
    this test of wills that seems to have no end
    and now in this hour of a breakdown in discussions
    want to put the 'iowa' off Staten Island

    I have come here singing for the harbor
    the haven of the refugee and the home of my forefathers
    whose native beauty has been numbed by the cavalcade procession
    of the white man and his gun and his strange obsessions

    I have come here singing for the harbor
    nuclear free harbor

    I say 'No!' to the local politicians
    want to pass it off as jobs to the working man
    and I say 'Wake up!' all you admirals in Washington
    the whole damn thing is getting out of hand

    I have come here singing for the harbor
    and to urge you all to organize among your friends and neighbor
    the saving of democracy demands heroic labors
    and if not her own people, well then, who shall be her saviors

    I have come here singing for the harbor
    nuclear free harbor

    oh, I have come here singing for the harbor
    for the millions living by her banks and for her uplands farmers
    for the children coming up now in the poorer quarters
    for summer lovers come to plumb the mysteries of her waters

    I have come here singing for the harbor
    nuclear free harbor

    © 1984 & 1985 by David Indian.

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