City of Heroes - Billy Bragg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW2ZikGW8
The ghost of Martin Niemöller
Haunts the halls of history.
When they came for the communists
He said “It’s nothing to do with me.”
When they came for the democrats
He had nothing to say.
And when they came for the Jews
He just looked the other way.
His silence didn’t save him
When they came for him as well,
There was no one to speak out for him
Resistance had been quelled.
What excuses would you tell yourself
If this ever happened to you?
Well I live in a city of heroes
I know what I would do!
When they came for the immigrants
I got in their face!
When they came for the refugees
I got in their face!
When they came for the five-year-olds
I got in their face!
When they came to my neighbourhood
I just got in their face!
They use tear gas and pepper spray
Against our whistles and our phones
But in this city of heroes
We will protect our home!
When they dragged people from their cars
I got in their face!
When they took families from their homes
I got in their face!
When they murdered our sister
I got in their face!
When they murdered our brother
I still got in their face!
In Dachau, Martin Niemöller
Suffered for his complicity,
But in this city of heroes
We learn the lessons of history!