Mistakes don’t Make Themselves

well there are twelve brothers dining next to me
one is busy turning water to wine
another one is counting his silver coins
and coined a new calculation of time

now there’s a brave black lady in front of me
the driver’s yelling give your seat to the white
when she was moved she was starting a movement
i guess sometimes you’ve got to sit for your right

sing louder, sing louder as loud as you can
there’s blame for everyone
mistakes don’t make themselves
sing louder, sing louder as loud as you can
there’s blame for everyone
mistakes don’t make themselves

an iron curtain divided my country
no leader’s seen the writings on the wall
at least one of them has seen the bricks come down
thank god he never really read it all

the road to history is paved with pioneers
and with all those fools who knew what it takes
but in the end there’s always a good idea
and somebody with no fear for mistakes

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