In an old abandoned factory near a dying fire, nThree lovers lie, their tears have dried but they don’t know what to do. nThey hitchhiked to Miami and they hopped a couple trains. nBut they never made it to the fence that day. nThe new world never seemed so far away. nnTheir spirits dead, they shake their heads, scrub the teargas from their eyes. nAnd nurse the broken bones sustained while fighting for their lives. nThe stun grenades, the barricades, the rubber bullet’s sting, nThe three take hands, they understand, one lover starts to sing that: nnWe knew that the world could never be nAnything more than what we could dream. nWith the teargas all around we couldn’t see nBut we never fought blindly nWe always knew that the new world was waiting nJust beyond the fence. nnA couple miles away in the county jail nSixteen new friends pass the time learning each other’s tales. nLet’s sing a song for solidarity, a song against their lies: nSo through the bars sixteen voices rise: nnWe knew that the world could never be nAnything more than what we could dream. nWith the teargas all around we couldn’t see nBut we never fought blindly nWe always knew that the new world was waiting nJust beyond the fence. nnOutside the helicopter searchlights sweep down empty streets. nWhile all over town the people frown and sigh in disbelief. nThey know the way it happened and they know that it was wrong. nSo one by one each voice joins in the song: nnWe knew that the world could never be nAnything more than what we could dream. nWith the teargas all around we couldn’t see nBut we never fought blindly nWe always knew that the new world was waiting nJust beyond the fence. nnBack in cell-block C-5, they begin to hear a sound. nThrough a tiny grated window they see people on the ground. Just beyond the wall, the silence falls nfive-hundred voices drown, singing: nYou can lock us up but you can never keep us down. nnBecause we know that the world can never be nAnything more than what we can dream nWith the teargas all around we cannot see nBut we will never fight blindly nWe will always know that the new world is waiting nJust beyond the fence.