On a Day in January
© 2021 Sandy O, Pat Humphries
Moving Forward Music, BMI www.emmasrevolution.com

They came with flags and guns Convinced of his election
Rage-filled and dangerous
A ragtag insurrection

They moved with impunity
Thinking they’d make history
Hate unveiled, blatantly
On a day in January

Gathered on that public land
Red hats, white fisted hands
To carry out what he had planned
The guards could not withstand

The surging wave, a violent sea,
Through the halls and balcony
The terror and the treachery
Of a day in January

CHORUS:

Not in our house
Not in our country
This land of Rosa,
Emma, Cesar, Martin, John

Not with our lives
You won’t divide us
We’re born of leaders
And their spirits carry on

BRIDGE:
The country froze in the camera’s glare
Saw for ourselves what has always been there
We did not fall,
Not on that day

Now the countdown, soon to be
A moment for the world to see
Power transferred peacefully
To those elected rightfully

We will watch with hope anew
Knowing all there’s still to do
To forge a land for me and you
From a day, this coming day
In January

CHORUS