Write This Number Down Lyrics

Dar Williams Write This Number Down

Write this number down, you can call it anytime
We have been waiting for the day that you would finally drop the dime
I praise the ones who persevere and seeking justice through the law
I caution there were those who fell to bend and the betrayed by what they saw
Some stood in halls of silence with icy hints of violence
When they to seek justice through the law
I’m witness to the comments and the institutions of the peoples rule
The parents take their kids to local parks and then their kids head off to school

You might see the same old story, greed, and profits, allegory I see kids who go to school
The vote for one the vote for all a right to silence one free call you’ll need a warrant for that note.
She won’t sit in the back and yes we’re still abolishing your slavery, every kind of slavery
So write this number down and know you won’t slip through the cracks.
Look over your shoulder there’s millions of us there to get your backs
You can play a crucial part, carry justice in your heart, and we’ll be there to get your backs
Welcome to this land, yes we still have all those marble steps to climb
But write this number down, because it’s growing all the time