What We Did Together (v1)

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Jim Hertz:

[Verse 1]
Dear Fran, since the seventies
I’ve marched in the streets
Sometimes alone
Sometimes with others

And year after year
We struggled for liberation
And then in 1985
You joined our fight

[Chorus]
So I write in gratitude, Fran
For what you did
And for what we did
Together

[Verse 2]
Every time you speak
You name the unnamed
The thousands of activists and allies
You carry them forward

You always speak of their bravery
But not of your own
When at the centre of this fight
There was you Fran, you

[Chorus]
So I write in gratitude, Fran
For what you did
And for what we did
Together

I just wanted to say, Fran
You opened up my world
It became wider
And deeper

[Verse 3]
You looked to a future
You didn’t turn away
You imagined a country
More equal than yesterday

You took a step forward
And I took that step with you
And I was finally able to be
Finally able to be

[Outro]
So I write in gratitude, Fran
For what you did
And for what we did
Together

Fran
I write in gratitude
For what we did
For what we did

I’m so glad I lived to see this day
So glad I lived to see this day.