Not but five foot tall, Damn! she sings loud.
She gave her voice to the redwoods,
Giant silent, proud.
I saw Judi Bari singing in the crowd.
Woman born of labor, labors to give birth,
Spreading wide with fervor, Damn! she fights with mirth.
She organized the struggle
Against rampant Maxxam dearth.
Woman born of labor, labors to give birth.
Her broken body battered by a bomber's blast
Then cancer at full gallop grabbed her by the breast
The press told bold lies--it's own and the FBI's
They said she bombed herself, they said she faked her cancer
But standing strong as redwood, nonviolence was her answer
And even in her death she had them all outclassed.
I saw Judi Bari singing in the crowd.
Not but five foot tall, Damn! she sings loud!
She gave voice to the redwoods,
Giant silent, proud.
I saw Judi Bari singing in the crowd.