Dar Williams I Had No Right Lyrics

I Had No Right Lyrics




God of the poor man, this is how the day began, Eight codefendants, I
Daniel 
Berrigan, And only a layman's batch of napalm. We pulled the draft
files out, 
We burned them in the parking lod, Better the files than the
bodies of 
children. I had no right but, for the love of you. I had no
right, but for 
the love of you. Many roads led here, walked with the
suffering, Tom in 
Guatemala, Philip in New Orleans It's a long road from
law to justice. I went 
to Vietnam, I went for peace, they dropped their
bombs, Right where my 
government knew I would be. I had no right, but for
the love of you. I had no 
right, but for the love of you. And all my
country saw were priests who broke 
the law. First it was question, then it
was a mission, How to be American, how 
to be a Christian, If the law is
their cross, and the cross is burning. 
Aaaaah--the love of you. Aaaaah--the
love of you. God of the just, I'll never 
win a peace prize, Falling like
Jesus, now let the jury rise, It's all of us 
versus all that paper.
They
took the only way, they know who is on trial today, Deliaver us unto
each 
other this day-- I had no right, but for the love of you. I had no
right but 
for the love of you