David Rovics

Song for Ana Belen Montes
Twenty-five years was what the judge said,Then he banged his gavel and shook his headYou've done wrong, you broke our trustNow we caught you and this is a bustNow you'll spend these decades behind bars of steel;Thought you could play with us, but this is for realYou gave away secrets to the enemyNow you'll live in prison in the land of the freeBut here beneath this Cuban sunI'd just like to thank you for all you've doneToday I'm torn apartAna Belen Montes, you are a spy after my own heart"I obeyed my conscience instead of the law," so you said at your secret trialYou took no money for your work, so says your declassified fileYou warned the Cubans of the plans of the assassins from the USJust what other good deeds you did, they may never tell usBut here beneath this Cuban sunI'd just like to thank you for all you've doneToday I'm torn apartAna Belen Montes, you are a spy after my own heartHigh up in the ranks of the DoD, you served the common goodLetras de cancionesWorking alone, night and day, you did just what you shouldOf all the great people I have known, there are few that I'd call greaterThan one woman who obeyed a higher law, who the judge called traitorBut here beneath this Cuban sunI'd just like to thank you for all you've doneToday I'm torn apartAna Belen Montes, you are a spy after my own heart From Letras Mania