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III. And Still We Rise

from Stonewall Inn 1969 by Arthur Durkee

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Stonewall Inn 1969
lyrics ©2019 Arthur Durkee Arts. All Rights Reserved.

III. And Still We Rise


SPOKEN:

We knew we had to do some more
we couldn’t let it settle down

We needed to keep going
make a street march of our own

Our rising up could be forgotten
as though it never was

There were no TV cameras, no news reports
to give the people pause

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CHORUS:

It started small, just a few of us,
but soon it started growing,
People lined the streets to watch,
then joined in, kept it going. kept it going.

We were scared, we were excited,
we marched so fast we almost ran,
but we were ourselves,
we were all out, we were all out
to do the good that we can.

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SPOKEN:

You who live in fear,
we are your children, driven out
by you who fear and hate us.
We are your daughters and your sons.

You who fear what’s different, strange, and Other,
we know what it’s like to live in fear.
You who nurse a wounded heart,
we open our battered hearts to you.

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CHORUS:

Despite everything, we love.
And still we rise.
Even when you hate, we love, we love.
And still we rise.
Where there is love, we love,
And still we rise.

There is no room for fear, only love.
And still we rise.

And still we rise,
still fighting for our lives,
and still we rise,
still waking up to revolution,
and still we rise,
still dancing through these times.
And still we rise, and still we rise.
Rise. Rise.

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SPOKEN:

In every Pride parade,
In every town and city,
Year after year,

Stonewall lives!

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CHORUS:

Remember us from the Stonewall Inn,
remember us when you dance,
Remember us when you love who you love.
We’re still rising up in revolution!

And still we rise!
And still we rise!
And still we rise!
Rise!

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from Stonewall Inn 1969, released July 4, 2020
Stonewall Inn 1969
Words & Music by Arthur Durkee
©2019 Arthur Durkee Arts. All Rights Reserved.

Commissioned & Premiered by:
Out Loud Chorus
Darin DeWeese, Artistic Director
with
Michele Papenfuss, Piano
Edie Herrold, Bass
Tamara Perkuhn, Drums & Percussion
Featuring the voices of: Catherine Archibald, Patricia Anderson, Erica Ashe, Deena Baty, Sara Box, Paul Clark, Arthur Durkee, Jon Hoffman, Margaret Loebe, Amy Skrent, Sarah Snay, Lorrel Sullivan, Tony Wamsley, Kevin Werner, Kay Willey

Recorded live in concert:
June 14 & 15, 2019
Towsley Auditorium, Washtenaw Community College, Ypsilanti, MI

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Arthur Durkee is a composer & songwriter who records & performs on Chapman Stick, bass, analog modular synths, bamboo & wood flutes, keys, frame drums, and voice. He has won awards for composed, notated music as well as for his recordings, & is a published poet, & designer & illustrator. ... more

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