It Isn't Nice - Judy Collins

It isn’t nice to block the doorway

It isn’t nice to go to jail

There are nicer ways to do it

But the nice ways always fail

It isn’t nice, it isn’t nice

You told us once, you told us twice

But if that’s freedom’s price

We don’t mind

No, no, no

We don’t mind

No, no, no

It isn’t nice to block the doorway

Or to sleep in on the floor

Or to shout our cry of freedom

At the hotel or the store

It isn’t nice, it isn’t nice

You told us once, you told us twice

But if that’s freedom’s price

We don’t mind

No, no, no

We don’t mind

No, no, no

Now we tried negotiations

And the token picket line

Mr. Charlie didn’t see us

And he might as well be blind

When you deal with men of ice

You can’t deal with ways so nice

But if that’s freedom’s price

We don’t mind

No, no, no

We don’t mind

No, no, no

They murdered boys in Mississippi

They shot Medgar in the back

Did you say that wasn’t proper?

Did you stand out on the track?

You were quiet just like mice

Now you say that we’re not nice

But if that’s freedom’s price

We don’t mind

Sing it out

We don’t mind

No, no, no

It isn’t nice to block the doorway

It isn’t nice to go to jail

There are nicer ways to do it

But the nice ways always fail

It isn’t nice, it isn’t nice

You told us once, you told us twice

Well, thank you, buddy, for your advice

But if that’s freedom’s price

We don’t mind

No, no, no

We don’t mind

No, no, no

We don’t mind