Your Daughters And Your Sons

They wouldn't hear your music

And they pulled your paintings down

They wouldn't read your writing

And they banned you from the town

But they couldn't stop you dreaming

And a victory you've won

For you sowed the seeds of freedom

In your daughters and your sons

In your daughters and your sons

In your daughters and your sons

You sowed the seeds of freedom

In your daughters and your sons

Your weary smile

It bravely hides the chain marks on your hand

When you strive to realise the rights of everyone

And though your body's bent and low, a victory you've won

For you sowed the seeds of justice

In your daughters and your sons

In your daughters and your sons

In your daughters and your sons

You sowed the seeds of justice

In your daughters and your sons

Well I don't know your religion

But one day I heard you pray

For a world where everyone can work

And children needn't play

Though you never had your share

Of the fruits that you have won

You sowed the seeds of equality

In your daughters and your sons

In your daughters and your sons

In your daughters and your sons

You sowed the seeds of equality

In your daughters and your sons

Well they taunted you in Belfast

And they tortured you in Spain

And in that Warsaw ghetto

Well they tied you up in chains

In Vietnam and Chile

When they came with tanks and guns

It's there you sowed the seeds of peace

In your daughters and your sons

In your daughters and your sons

In your daughters and your sons

It's there you sowed the seeds of peace

In your daughters and your sons

And now the music's playing

And the writing's on the wall

And all the dreams you painted

Can be seen by one and all