Malvina Reynolds, It Isn't Nice
It isn't nice to block the doorway
It isn't nice to go to jail
There are nicer ways to do it
But the nice ways always fail
It isn't nice, it isn't nice
You told us once, you told us twice
But if that is freedom's price
We don't mind
Oh, no, no, whoa, whoa, oh, no, no, no
We don't mind, oh, no
It isn't nice to carry banners
Or to sit in on the floor
Or to shout our cry of freedom
At the hotel and the store
It isn't nice, it isn't nice
You told us once, you told us twice
But if that is freedom's price
We don't mind
Oh, no, no, whoa, whoa, oh, no, no, no
We don't mind, yeah, yeah
We have tried negotiations
And the three-man picket line
No Mr. Charlie didn't see us
And he might as well be blind
Now our new ways they aren't nice
When we deal with men of ice, said
If that is freedom's price
We don't mind
Oh, no, whoa, yes, yes, oh, no-no-no
We don't mind, ooh, ooh
How about those years of lynching
Another man shot in the back
Did you say it wasn't proper
Did you stand upon the track?
You were quiet just like mice
Now you say we aren't nice
But if that is Freedom's price
We don't mind
Oh, no, no, whoa, whoa, oh, no, no, no
We don't mind
Oh, yes, oh, yes
We don't mind, no, no, whoa, whoa, whoa
We don't mind
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