"The junta broke the fingers on Victor Jara’s hands They said to the gentle poet “play your guitar now if you can” Victor started singing but they brought his body down You can kill that man but not his song When it’s sung the whole world round If you can sing for freedom I can too"
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Holly Near “It could have been me” 1974.
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