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r social change. In 1970 four students were killed at Kent State while thousands protested the war. In 1974 ten thousand people gathered at Kent State to remind themselves that the war is not over. Lyrics It could have been me, but instead it was you So I'll keep doing the work you were doing as if I were two I'll be a student of life, a singer of songs A farmer of food and a righter of wrong It could have been me, but instead it was you And it may be me dear sisters and brothers Before we are through But if you can work for freedom Freedom, freedom, freedom If you can work for freedom, I can too Students in Ohio, two hundred yards away Shot down by a nameless fire one early day in May Some people cried out angry "You should have shot more of them down But you can't bury youth my friend Youth grows the whole world round It could have been me, but instead it was you So I'll keep doing the work you were doing as if I were two I'll be a student of life, a singer of songs A farmer of food and the righter of wrong It could have been me, but instead it was you And it may be me dear sisters and brothers Before we are through But if you can die for freedom Freedom, freedom, freedom If you can die for freedom, I can too The Junta took the fingers from Victor Jara's hands They said to the gentle poet "Play your guitar now if you can!" Well Victor started singing until they shot his body down You can kill a man but not his song When it's sung the whole world round And it could have been me, but instead it was you So I'll keep doing the work you were doing as if I were two I'll be a student of life, a singer of songs A farmer of food and a righter of wrong It could have been me, but instead it was you And it may be me dear sisters and brothers Before we are through But if you can sing for freedom Freedom, freedom, freedom If you can sing for freedom, I can too A woman in the jungle so many wars away Studies late into the night, defends a village in the day Although her skin is golden like mine will never be Her song is heard and I know the words And I'll sing them until she's free Twice And it could have been me, but instead it was you So I'll keep doing the work you were doing as if I were two I'll be a student of life, a singer of songs A farmer of food and a righter of wrong It could have been me, but instead it was you And it may be me dear sisters and brothers Before we are through But if you can live for freedom Freedom, freedom, freedom If you can live for freedom, I can too I can too, I can too, I can too