I have come here singing for the harbor
nuclear free harbor

all of my lifetime we've been fighting with the Russians
this test of wills that seems to have no end
and now in this hour of a breakdown in discussions
want to put the 'iowa' off Staten Island

I have come here singing for the harbor
the haven of the refugee and the home of my forefathers
whose native beauty has been numbed by the cavalcade procession
of the white man and his gun and his strange obsessions

I have come here singing for the harbor
nuclear free harbor

I say 'No!' to the local politicians
want to pass it off as jobs to the working man
and I say 'Wake up!' all you admirals in Washington
the whole damn thing is getting out of hand

I have come here singing for the harbor
and to urge you all to organize among your friends and neighbor
the saving of democracy demands heroic labors
and if not her own people, well then, who shall be her saviors

I have come here singing for the harbor
nuclear free harbor

oh, I have come here singing for the harbor
for the millions living by her banks and for her uplands farmers
for the children coming up now in the poorer quarters
for summer lovers come to plumb the mysteries of her waters

I have come here singing for the harbor
nuclear free harbor

© 1984 & 1985 by David Indian.