Name: ONE THOUSAND LASHES
Duration: P00H04M14S
Description: Written for Raif Badawi, a moderate blogger who is still in prison for advocating human rights. Please go to Free Raif Badawi to support his cause.

ONE THOUSAND LASHES

by Kevin Mitchell

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Written for Raif Badawi, a moderate blogger who is still in prison for advocating human rights. Please go to Free Raif Badawi to support his cause.

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MY NAME IS RAIF BADAWI
AND I'M NO LONGER FREE
I 'VE BEEN INSIDE YOUR PRISON
FOR FIVE LONG YEARS

YOU MAY TAKE MY BODY
BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE MY SOUL
IT WILL FLY SO HIGH
ABOVE THESE WALLS YOU BUILD

CH:
I PAY THE PRICE TO THE KING
I PAY THE PRICE TO SAY WHAT I THINK
TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN
ONE THOUSAND LASHES
TO SAY WHAT I THINK

MANY HAVE COME BEFORE ME
AND MANY MORE WILL SURELY DIE
WHEN WE SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER
THE PRICE IS ALWAYS HIGH

YOUPOWER IS YOUR WEAKNESS
YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS MAKES YOU WRONG
YOUR THRONE ONLY MAKES YOU BLIND
YOUR PUNISHMENT MAKES ME STRONG

CH:

THEY SAY THE PEN IS MIGHTIER
MIGHTEOR THAN THE SWORD
I WILL TEAR DOWN YOUR WALLS
WITH NOTHING BUT MY WORDS

MY NAME IS RAIF BADAWI
AND I'M NO LONGER FREE
I'VE BEEN INSIDE YOUR PRISON
FOR FIVE LONG YEARS
CH:

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released April 13, 2017
Recorded at The Barn Studio, Hornby Island by Marc Atkinson
Kevin Mitchell- Guitar Vocals
Marc Atkinson- Mandolin, Percussion
Kim June Johnson- BG Vocals

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Kevin Mitchell British Columbia

The songs that Kevin Mitchell plays and sings have the feel of a far off Woody Guthrie era, mixed with a roots vibe, and betraying just a little bit of his prairie heritage. In the last few years the fire has been lit, and those songs are roaring into life. His unique style, rhythms and subject matter combine to create an exciting new and original voice in the Canadian folk music scene. ... more

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