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Once I was a big league troublemakerA thorn in authority's sideI marched a lot and sang a lotAnd talked a good deal moreMy attitude was known far and wideI was looked upon with awe in certain circlesFor you never could be sure just what I'd sayAnd then not too long agoMy presence was laid lowWhen the big men came and took my voice awayI can't say I was minding my own businessI never was too good at keeping stillI was stirring up a ruckusRight outside the White House doorWhile the President kicked around some stupid billI hopped up on a soapbox and I shouted?Downtrodden people, this will be your day!?I was getting pretty loudAnd then right out of the crowdThe big men came and took my voice awayWell the big men cameAnd they took away my voiceNow I can only shake my fistsAnd never make a noiseSongtexteThey warned me not to talk so loudOr there would come a dayWhen the big men would come take my voice away.They brought along a writ and a subpoenaThose fellas surely didn't waste their timeThey threw me on the groundAnd they didn't make a soundAnd they didn't even charge me with a crimeThey reached right down my throat and grabbed my larynxTacked on a little tag, ?Exhibit A?And the people that were thereWalked away without a careWhen the big men came and took my voice awayWell the big men cameAnd they took away my voiceNow I can only shake my fistsAnd never make a noiseThey warned me not to talk so loudOr there would come a dayWhen the big men would come take my voice away.Now it's sitting with my file inside a folderSo it won't fall in the hands of evil menThe accompanying reportIs to the point and shortWith a footnote that says ?Freedom wins again!?I try to put my speeches down on paper*But who has time to read these busy days?And I notice with a frownThat my brain is slowing downSince the big men came and took my voice awayWell the big men cameAnd they took away my voiceNow I can only shake my fistsAnd never make a noiseThey warned me not to talk so loudOr there would come a dayWhen the big men would come take my voice away. Aus Songtexte Mania