Liberty

(Music & Lyrics © Ronald D. Crowder, Jim Casey, Danny Casey)

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This is a song I wrote with my friend Jim Casey and his brother Danny Casey, with the idea that we were writing it for another singer who Jim worked with. I put a strong demo together in the studio and sang the demo vocal for her to learn. Try as we might, we couldn’t get the other singer to record it. It was frustrating, and I thought I had wasted a lot of time on it for nothing. But the more I worked on it, the more I started to like the song. I wound up releasing it myself on my own album. All of the hard work ultimately paid off, because the following year we were awarded Song of the Year for it at the New Mexico Music Awards.

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Liberty—Oh Liberty 

Sweet Liberty—Let freedom ring 

Liberty—Oh Liberty 

Sweet Liberty—Set the people free

 

People across this land—are ready to march and shout 

Hatred is alive—division in our house 

Will the power of love—become a fire within? 

Or is this love of power gonna burn us once again? 

Liberty—Oh Liberty 

Sweet Liberty—Let freedom ring 

Liberty—Oh Liberty 

Sweet Liberty—Set the people free 

We’re killin’ people of color—and puttin’ them in chains 

Shouldn’t have to beg for mercy—in the home of the brave 

We don’t need a wall—or more sanctuary cities 

Won’t let this mean division—drive us back to the sixties! 

Liberty—Oh Liberty 

Sweet Liberty—Let freedom ring 

Liberty—Oh Liberty 

Sweet Liberty—Set the people free 

There’s venom on our tongues—just look what we’ve become 

Spreadin’ fear and hate—won’t make America great 

Don’t need no more lies—or fake news alibis 

While weary people suffer 

We’ve got to come together—and start acting like brothers— 

Liberty—Oh Liberty 

Sweet Liberty—Let freedom ring 

Liberty—Oh Liberty 

Sweet Liberty— Let the people sing 

—solo— 

Liberty—Oh Liberty 

Sweet Liberty—Let freedom ring 

Liberty—Oh Liberty 

Sweet Liberty— Set the people free 

Liberty—Oh Liberty 

Sweet Liberty—Let freedom ring 

Liberty—Oh Liberty 

Sweet Liberty— Let the people sing

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