Song For Hugo Chavez

For the moment the horizon is on fire

Democracy rising balanced on a wire

Liberation, you can smell it in the air

Things are moving and the rich are all aware

Some will talk along the sidelines, others they will do

Me, I'll sing a song for Chavez before the coup

For the moment the airwaves are alive

On the radio the barrios have arrived

Cuban doctors in their thousands on the street

In the shanty towns they're pouring the concrete

The opposition whines that Venezuela is all through

Sing a song for Chavez before the coup

For the moment folks are learning how to read

The Constitution is the people's creed

From their back pocket they'll take it out for all to see

And their motto is death or liberty

There are those who will complain, mostly the privileged few

Sing a song for Chavez before the coup

For the moment the oil wells are flowing

And Citgo's profits know exactly where they're going

Feed the hungry, house those without a home

Give the tractors to those who dig sod and loam

Maybe he will meet the fate that Allende knew

But I'll sing a song for Chavez before the coup

For the moment the movement's on the rise

It's all happening right before our eyes

But turn on the TV and there's nothing they will say

If he's gone and we don't hear it did it happen anyway

If the future's to be ours I ask what are you gonna do

Sing a song for Chavez before the coup