First they came for the Communists

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a Socialist Then they came for the trade unionists

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a trade unionist Then they came for the Jews

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a Jew Then they came for me

And there was no one left

To speak out for me

First they came for the Tibetans

And we did not speak out

Because we were not Buddhist Then they came for the students at Tiananmen Square

And we did not speak out

Because our liberty was not threatened Then they came for the priests

And we did not speak out

Because we were not Christian Then they came for the Falun Gong

And we did not speak out

Because our organs were not harvested Then they came for the Uyghur Muslims

And we did not speak out

Because we were not forced into concentration camps Now they come for the Hong Kong protestors

And we are not speaking out

Because profit is worth more than freedom Soon they’ll come for us

And there will be no one left

To speak out for us