We the People

Music & Lyrics by Garland Jeffreys

 From the EP Escapades (1981)

Up from the trenches

Back on the street

Fist full of clenches

Like steel & concrete

Pretenders of tough

Fakers of real

Open your heart

Show me what you really feel

We the people

Sometimes we’re strong

We overcome our past

Sometimes we’re weak

And we break, we break like glass

Sometimes we speak

With our head up our ass

Sometimes we shriek

But we’re only human

We the people

Love is miracle

That’s for sure

You and I

We’re gonna take that cure

Defenders of soul

Make a mass appeal

Open up your heart

Show me what you really feel

We the people