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 the 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.

Well, your weary smile it proudly hides the chain marks on your hands

As you bravely strive to realize the rights of every man

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

For you’ve 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 can play

And though you never got your share of the fruit 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.

And now your music’s playing and the writing’s on the wall

And all the dreams you painted can be seen by one and all

And now you’ve got them thinking and the future’s just begun

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.