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Bruce Weber, Rio de Janeiro

Pity the nation whose people are sheep 

 And whose shepherds mislead them  

Pity the nation whose leaders are liars 

 Whose sages are silenced 

 And whose bigots haunt the airwaves 

 Pity the nation that raises not its voice 

 Except to praise conquerers 

 And acclaim the bully as hero 

 And aims to rule the world 

 With force and by torture 

 Pity the nation that knows 

 No other language but its own 

 And no other culture but its own 

 Pity the nation whose breath is money 

 And sleeps the sleep of the too well fed 

 Pity the nation oh pity the people 

 who allow their rights to erode 

 and their freedoms to be washed away 

My country, tears of thee 

 Sweet land of liberty“