Who will speak up for the little ones'
Helpless and half-abandoned.
They've got the right to choose life
They don't want to lose,
I've got to speak up, won't you'

Equal rights, equal time, for the unborn children.
Their precious lives are on the line,
How can we be rid of them'
Passing laws, passing out
Bills and new amendments.
Pay the cost and turn about,
And face the young defendants.

Who will speak up for the little ones'
Helpless and half-abandoned.
They've got the right to choose life
They don't want to lose,
I've got to speak up, won't you'

Many come and many go,
Conceived but not delivered.
The toll is astronomical,
How can we be indifferent.

Little hands, little feet,
Tears for Him who made you.
Should all on earth forsake you now,
But He'll never forsake you.

Who will speak up for the little ones'
Helpless and half-abandoned.
They've got the right to choose life
They don't want to lose,
I've got to speak up, won't you'

Forming hearts, forming minds,
Quenched before awakened,
For so many deliberate crimes
The earth will soon be shaken.

Little hands, little feet,
Tears for Him who made you.
Should all on earth forsake you now,
But He'll never forsake you.

Who will speak up for the little ones'
Helpless and half-abandoned.
They've got the right to choose life
They don't want to lose,
I've got to speak up, won't you'

Lyrics Copyright 1980 Phil Keaggy