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Die Gedanken Sind Frei​/​Thoughts Are Free

from Freedom Songs by Summer Russell

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A venerable German protest song, adapted here into English, decrying censorship and celebrating freedom of thought and expression.

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Die gedanken sind frei
My thoughts freely flower
Die gedanken sind frei
My thoughts give me power
No scholar can map them
No hunter can trap them
No man can deny
Die gedanken sind frei

I think as I please
And this gives me pleasure
My conscience decrees
This right I must treasure
My thoughts will not cater
To duke or dictator
No man can deny
Die gedanken sind frei
No man can deny
Die gedanken sind frei

And should tyrants take me
And throw me in prison
My thoughts will burst free
Like blossoms in season
Foundations will crumble
And structures will tumble
And free folk will cry
Die gedanken sind frei
And free folk will cry
Die gedanken sind frei

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from Freedom Songs, released June 17, 2022

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