it isnt nice

It Isn't Nice
-by Malvina Reynolds

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.
Chorus 1
It isn't nice, it isn't nice
You told us once, you told
twice
But if that is freedom's price We don't mind
It isn't nice to carry banners or to sleep in on the floor. Or to shout or cry of freedom At the hotel and the store.
Chorus I
Well we tried negotiations
And the token picket line.
The government didn't see us,
They might as well be blind.
Chorus 2
Now our new ways aren't nice
When we deal with men of ice
But if that is freedom's price
We don't mind.