Song Lyrics Ani Difranco - My Name Is Lisa Kalvelage    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> A>> Ani Difranco Singer Lyrics [Ani Difranco other resources]>> My Name Is Lisa Kalvelage Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Ani Difranco Music Title/Track: My Name Is Lisa Kalvelage Theme ID: 24862 Album: N/A My name is Lisa Kalvelage, I was born in Nuremberg And when the trials were held there nineteen years ago It seemed to me ridiculous to hold a nation all to blame For the horrors that the world did undergo A short while later when I applied to be a G. I. bride An American consular official questioned me He refused my exit permit, said my answers did not show I'd learned my lesson about responsibility. Thus suddenly I was forced to start thinking on this theme And when later I was permitted to emigrate I must have been asked a hundred times where I was and what I did In those years when Hitler ruled our state I said I was a child or at most a teen-ager But that only extended the questioning They'd ask, where were my parents, my father, my mother And to this I could answer not a thing. The seed planted there at Nuremberg in 1947 Started to sprout and to grow Gradually I understood what that verdict meant to me When there are crimes that I can see and I can know And now I also know what it is to be charged with mass guilt Once in a lifetime is enough for me No, I could not take it for a second time And that is why I am here today. The events of May 25th, the day of our protest, Put a small balance weight on the other side Hopefully, someday my contribution to peace Will help just a bit to turn the tide And perhaps I can tell my children six And later on their own children That at least in the future they need not be silent When they are asked, "Where was your mother, when?" Related Lyrics Random lyrics: One Times One Times One, Out Of Range Complete Album, Perfect Fingers, Phase - Album: Evolve, Pixie Be Nice, Promised Land - Album: Evolve, Puddle Dive Complete Album, Second Intermission - Album: Evolve, Serpentine - Album: Evolve, Shrug - Album: Evolve, Silver Ingrid, Sistersong, Slide - Album: Evolve, Submerged, Subway, Swandive, The Arrivals Gate, The Boys In Blue, The Slant Correct Lyrics, The True Story Of What Was, Tis Of Thee, To Be Free, Two Little Girls, Up Up Up Up Up, Virtue, W T C Poem, Waiting For Susan, Welcome To: - Album: Evolve, What If No Ones Watching, What if No Ones Watching, When Doves Cry, Wish I May, Wishin And Hopin, Wishin And Hopin, Work Your Way Out, Worthy, You Each Time, You Had Time, Your House, Your Next Bold Move, Falling In Love Again, Mother, Youthful, Give Me The Strength, Im No Ordinary Girl, Its About, Its About, London Bridge, Why, Alas, Other Ani Difranco song Lyrics 1 x 1 x 1 Lyrics 1,000,000 Lyrics 2nd Intermission Lyrics Agry Anymore Lyrics Aids Lyrics Angry Anymore Lyrics Ani DiFranco Complete Album Lyrics Asked You First Lyrics Astronaut (Ft Radiohead) Lyrics Brief Bus Stop Lyrics Cold And Mean Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists DiFranco Ani Lyrics Anika Moa Lyrics Anika Paris Lyrics A.N.I.M.A.L. Lyrics Animal Planet Lyrics Animals Lyrics Animals, The Lyrics Animals Baby Lyrics Animaniacs Lyrics Animaniacs (Related Recordings) Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy