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modern day gestapo

teevert

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Lyrics

Intro

Oh-oh

Oh-oh

Mm-hmm

Verse 1

Badges at the doorway

They knock before the sun

My neighbor's name on a paper

A number not a son

They take him in the morning

They ask him where he's from

His daughter holds the railing

His daughter holds her tongue

Chorus

Papers don't make a person

Papers don't make a man

Papers don't make a person

Tell me who decided that

Papers don't make a person

Papers don't make a man

You can cage a body

You can't cage the land

Post-Chorus

No no no

No no no

Verse 2

Rusted gates and rumble

A bus without a sign

Mothers counting hours

Mothers standing in a line

They say it's for the safety

They say it's for the wall

But safety never needed

Chains around us all

Chorus

Papers don't make a person

Papers don't make a man

Papers don't make a person

Tell me who decided that

Papers don't make a person

Papers don't make a man

You can cage a body

You can't cage the land

Post-Chorus

No no no

No no no

Bridge

Who gave the order

Who signed the line

Who counts a human

As a crime

Who gave the order

Who signed the line

I want a name

I want a name

Breakdown

Break the locks

Break the chains

Break the locks

Break the chains

Tear the fence down

Tear the fence down

Chorus

Papers don't make a person

Papers don't make a man

Papers don't make a person

Tell me who decided that

Papers don't make a person

Papers don't make a man

You can cage a body

You can't cage the land

Post-Chorus

No no no

No no no

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