What Gives You the Right?
After witnessing countless situations where animals were used in research, singer songwriter Nancy Simmonds with Soap Opry Music, wrote this powerful song to raise awareness and advocate for the protection of animals in research. Singer Leo Downey accompanies Nancy in singing the lyrics.
What gives you the right to put up this wire,
A monkey in a cage with his veins on fire
What gives you the right to cage in this cat?
What makes you think you’re above the rat?
Don’t tell me I’m blind with emotions
Don’t speak of your human devotion
You say that I’ve got no reason to fight
Tell me, what gives you the right.
What gives you the right to play the god,
Misuse the trust of a frightened dog
If he should howl, cut out his voice,
Locked behind bars was never his choice
Don’t tell me I’m blind with emotion
Don’t speak of your human devotion
You say that I’ve got no reason to fight,
Tell me, what gives you the right.
es, take all your knives
Dig deep in yourself, see if you survive
The fear you create it brings only shame,
The touch of your hand only brings more pain –
What gives you the right, in the name of science
To use these creatures who suffer in silence
What gives you the right to think you’re above?
The lives that you take only wanted your love –
Don’t tell me I”m blind with emotion
Don’t speak of your human devotion
You say that I’ve got no reason to fight
Tell me, what gives you the right?
How can you sleep at night?
Tell me, what gives you the right?
Credits:
- Singer, Songwriter – Nancy Simmonds, Soap Opry Music
- Special Guest Singer, Leo Downey
