Early every year the seeds are growingnUnseen, unheard, they lie beneath the groundnWould you know before the leaves are showingnThat with weeds all your garden will abound?nnIf you close your eyes, stop your earsnHold your mouth, how can you know?nThe seeds you cannot see may not be therenThe seeds you cannot hear may never grownnIn January you've still got the choicenYou can cut the weeds before they start to budnIf you leave them to grow higher, they'll silence your voicenAnd in December you may pay with your bloodnnClose your eyes, stop your earsnClose your mouth and take it slownLet others take the lead and you bring up the rearnAnd later you can say you didn't knownnEveryday another vulture takes flightnThere's another danger born every morningnIn the darkness of your blindness the beast will learn to bitenHow can you fight if you can't recognize a warning?nnClose your eyes, stop your earsnClose your mouth and then you knownLet others take the lead and you bring up the rearnAnd later you can say you didn't knownnToday you may earn a living wagenTomorrow you may be on the dolenThough there's millions going hungry, you needn't disengagenFor it's them not you that's fallen in the holennIt's all right for you if you run with the packnIt's all right if you agree with all they donIf the fascist's party slowly climbing backnIt's not here yet, so what's it got to do with you?nnThe weeds are all around us and they're growingnIt will soon be too late for the knifenIf you leave them on the wind that around the world is blowingnYou may pay for your silence with your lifennClose your eyes, stop your earsnClose your mouth, they're never therenAnd if it happens here, they'll never come for younBecause they'll know you really didn't care