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It Isn’t Nice
Music and Original lyrics by Malvina Reynolds; adapted by Felice & Jack
Video of performance
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.
It isn’t nice to carry banners
Or to sit in on the floor
Or to shout our cry of NO NUKES
While Obama shills for more.
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.
What about that peaceful atom,
And the stall of arms control
Did you see they weren’t working
And have left us in a hole?
Now our new ways aren’t nice
When we deal with men of ice
But if that is freedom’s price
We don’t mind.
How about reactor meltdowns?
And the bombs dropped on Japan?
Did you say it wasn’t proper
Did you even take a stand?
No, you were quiet just like mice
Now you say that we aren’t nice
And if that is freedom’s price
We don’t mind.
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
But thanks for your advice
Cause if that is freedom’s price
We don’t mind.