“…Freedom alive or dead that’s our battle cry…”

The song, ‘Oh le le le’, I wrote 20 years ago and the video shot in Timor Leste in the aftermath of the 30 year conflict seems unfortunately to be just as relevant today. In 2003 I wrote these lyrics inspired by human rights defenders I was working with.  “…Freedom alive or dead that’s our battle cry… For every one that you cut down a thousand more will rise… Timor, Burma, Tibet, Palestine…”  The track is on Bandcamp and Spotify or take a look at the video, shot in the smoking ruins of Timor:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHRMwfG5fkM

Tune into hear ‘Oh le le le’ on Bandcamp: https://patburgess.bandcamp.com/album/ground-zero-3