Robert Blake - Didn't We
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November 30th, 99
History walking on a tightrope line
The big money pulling on invisible strings
Getting into everything
So deep
It's hard to believe
It's in the food, the water, in the air we breathe
And the chemistry
And the bio-tech
And the banker with the bottomless check
The corporations and the CEOs
And the bottom line, as the profit grows
And money talks, you don't talk back
They don't like it when we act like that
But didn't we?
Shut it down, didn't we?
Shut it down
November 30th, 99
It was a Tuesday morning when we drew the line
And they called out the big police
They had the National Guard out to keep the peace
With the guns and the clubs and the chemical gas
But still, we would not let them pass
And they raged and roared, and their tempers flaired
And there were bombs bursting in the daylight air
They tried to run us out
They tried to do us in
But we came right back again
Didn't we?
Shut it down, didn't we?
Shut it down
November 30th, 99
A millennium passing as the numbers climb
And the people came from everywhere
Oh, there must have been 50000 there
There were farmers, unions, rank and file
Every grassroots has its own style
There were great big puppets, two stories tall
There were drummers drumming in the shopping malls
And the WTO delegates, too
But we were locked down
So they couldn't get through
Didn't we?
Shut it down, didn't we?
Shut it down
November 30th, 99
Locked down at the police line
And they're hitting you with everything they got
But you aren't moving like it or not
And their tiny wrists with plastic cuffs
And they're loading you onto a great big bus
And they're taking you down to the navy base
Pepper spraying you right in the face
Trying to get you to beg
Trying to get you to kneel
But you got unity and this is for real
Didn't we?
Shut it down, didn't we?
Shut it down
Ah, the media loves all the glimmer and flash
The newspapers are talking a whole lot of trash
About the violence, and the people in black
And the cops were so tired they just had to attack
And the secrets hidden in that deep dark hole
They call city hall, we'll never know
The mayor is out doing the spin
The police chief quit so you can't ask him
And you can swear to God
And all human law
But I was there and I know what I saw
I saw thousands demonstrate in the streets
I saw the riot squad disturbing the peace
Didn't we?
Shut it down, didn't we?
Shut it down
And it's the greatest story ever told
David and Goliath how he'd be so bold
Standing up when the going gets hot
And all you got is a slingshot
And they tell me that the world got messed around
Gotta pick it up and shake it turn it around
Gotta pick it up to rearrange it
I don't wanna save the world
I wanna change it
And don't let em tell you that it can't be done
Because their gonna be the first ones to run
Just take a little tip from Seattle Town
WTO and how we shut it down
Didn't we?
Shut it down, didn't we?
Shut it down, didn't we?
Shut it down, didn't we?
History walking on a tightrope line
The big money pulling on invisible strings
Getting into everything
So deep
It's hard to believe
It's in the food, the water, in the air we breathe
And the chemistry
And the bio-tech
And the banker with the bottomless check
The corporations and the CEOs
And the bottom line, as the profit grows
And money talks, you don't talk back
They don't like it when we act like that
But didn't we?
Shut it down, didn't we?
Shut it down
November 30th, 99
It was a Tuesday morning when we drew the line
And they called out the big police
They had the National Guard out to keep the peace
With the guns and the clubs and the chemical gas
But still, we would not let them pass
And they raged and roared, and their tempers flaired
And there were bombs bursting in the daylight air
They tried to run us out
They tried to do us in
But we came right back again
Didn't we?
Shut it down, didn't we?
Shut it down
November 30th, 99
A millennium passing as the numbers climb
And the people came from everywhere
Oh, there must have been 50000 there
There were farmers, unions, rank and file
Every grassroots has its own style
There were great big puppets, two stories tall
There were drummers drumming in the shopping malls
And the WTO delegates, too
But we were locked down
So they couldn't get through
Didn't we?
Shut it down, didn't we?
Shut it down
November 30th, 99
Locked down at the police line
And they're hitting you with everything they got
But you aren't moving like it or not
And their tiny wrists with plastic cuffs
And they're loading you onto a great big bus
And they're taking you down to the navy base
Pepper spraying you right in the face
Trying to get you to beg
Trying to get you to kneel
But you got unity and this is for real
Didn't we?
Shut it down, didn't we?
Shut it down
Ah, the media loves all the glimmer and flash
The newspapers are talking a whole lot of trash
About the violence, and the people in black
And the cops were so tired they just had to attack
And the secrets hidden in that deep dark hole
They call city hall, we'll never know
The mayor is out doing the spin
The police chief quit so you can't ask him
And you can swear to God
And all human law
But I was there and I know what I saw
I saw thousands demonstrate in the streets
I saw the riot squad disturbing the peace
Didn't we?
Shut it down, didn't we?
Shut it down
And it's the greatest story ever told
David and Goliath how he'd be so bold
Standing up when the going gets hot
And all you got is a slingshot
And they tell me that the world got messed around
Gotta pick it up and shake it turn it around
Gotta pick it up to rearrange it
I don't wanna save the world
I wanna change it
And don't let em tell you that it can't be done
Because their gonna be the first ones to run
Just take a little tip from Seattle Town
WTO and how we shut it down
Didn't we?
Shut it down, didn't we?
Shut it down, didn't we?
Shut it down, didn't we?
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:09.30] November 30th, 99
[00:12.51] History walking on a tightrope line
[00:15.41] The big money pulling on invisible strings
[00:18.12] Getting into everything
[00:19.72] So deep
[00:21.30] It's hard to believe
[00:22.70] It's in the food, the water, in the air we breathe
[00:25.66] And the chemistry
[00:26.97] And the bio-tech
[00:28.45] And the banker with the bottomless check
[00:31.31] The corporations and the CEOs
[00:33.78] And the bottom line, as the profit grows
[00:36.41] And money talks, you don't talk back
[00:38.82] They don't like it when we act like that
[00:41.74] But didn't we?
[00:44.34] Shut it down, didn't we?
[00:49.32] Shut it down
[00:54.95] November 30th, 99
[00:58.19] It was a Tuesday morning when we drew the line
[01:00.54] And they called out the big police
[01:02.97] They had the National Guard out to keep the peace
[01:05.96] With the guns and the clubs and the chemical gas
[01:08.69] But still, we would not let them pass
[01:11.03] And they raged and roared, and their tempers flaired
[01:13.86] And there were bombs bursting in the daylight air
[01:16.38] They tried to run us out
[01:17.45] They tried to do us in
[01:18.87] But we came right back again
[01:21.71] Didn't we?
[01:24.98] Shut it down, didn't we?
[01:29.44] Shut it down
[01:35.21] November 30th, 99
[01:37.68] A millennium passing as the numbers climb
[01:40.45] And the people came from everywhere
[01:43.23] Oh, there must have been 50000 there
[01:45.80] There were farmers, unions, rank and file
[01:48.86] Every grassroots has its own style
[01:50.81] There were great big puppets, two stories tall
[01:54.17] There were drummers drumming in the shopping malls
[01:57.01] And the WTO delegates, too
[01:59.16] But we were locked down
[02:00.59] So they couldn't get through
[02:02.30] Didn't we?
[02:04.57] Shut it down, didn't we?
[02:09.50] Shut it down
[02:15.03] November 30th, 99
[02:18.22] Locked down at the police line
[02:20.21] And they're hitting you with everything they got
[02:22.68] But you aren't moving like it or not
[02:25.71] And their tiny wrists with plastic cuffs
[02:28.46] And they're loading you onto a great big bus
[02:30.55] And they're taking you down to the navy base
[02:33.36] Pepper spraying you right in the face
[02:35.85] Trying to get you to beg
[02:36.98] Trying to get you to kneel
[02:38.62] But you got unity and this is for real
[02:40.83] Didn't we?
[02:44.13] Shut it down, didn't we?
[02:48.59] Shut it down
[03:18.03] Ah, the media loves all the glimmer and flash
[03:22.00] The newspapers are talking a whole lot of trash
[03:24.53] About the violence, and the people in black
[03:27.14] And the cops were so tired they just had to attack
[03:29.79] And the secrets hidden in that deep dark hole
[03:32.78] They call city hall, we'll never know
[03:35.35] The mayor is out doing the spin
[03:37.49] The police chief quit so you can't ask him
[03:40.44] And you can swear to God
[03:41.87] And all human law
[03:42.47] But I was there and I know what I saw
[03:45.86] I saw thousands demonstrate in the streets
[03:48.13] I saw the riot squad disturbing the peace
[03:50.65] Didn't we?
[03:53.95] Shut it down, didn't we?
[03:58.81] Shut it down
[04:04.66] And it's the greatest story ever told
[04:07.18] David and Goliath how he'd be so bold
[04:09.61] Standing up when the going gets hot
[04:13.08] And all you got is a slingshot
[04:15.05] And they tell me that the world got messed around
[04:17.71] Gotta pick it up and shake it turn it around
[04:20.44] Gotta pick it up to rearrange it
[04:22.12] I don't wanna save the world
[04:23.57] I wanna change it
[04:25.40] And don't let em tell you that it can't be done
[04:27.80] Because their gonna be the first ones to run
[04:30.69] Just take a little tip from Seattle Town
[04:33.02] WTO and how we shut it down
[04:35.74] Didn't we?
[04:38.99] Shut it down, didn't we?
[04:43.36] Shut it down, didn't we?
[04:48.24] Shut it down, didn't we?
[04:51.60]
[00:12.51] History walking on a tightrope line
[00:15.41] The big money pulling on invisible strings
[00:18.12] Getting into everything
[00:19.72] So deep
[00:21.30] It's hard to believe
[00:22.70] It's in the food, the water, in the air we breathe
[00:25.66] And the chemistry
[00:26.97] And the bio-tech
[00:28.45] And the banker with the bottomless check
[00:31.31] The corporations and the CEOs
[00:33.78] And the bottom line, as the profit grows
[00:36.41] And money talks, you don't talk back
[00:38.82] They don't like it when we act like that
[00:41.74] But didn't we?
[00:44.34] Shut it down, didn't we?
[00:49.32] Shut it down
[00:54.95] November 30th, 99
[00:58.19] It was a Tuesday morning when we drew the line
[01:00.54] And they called out the big police
[01:02.97] They had the National Guard out to keep the peace
[01:05.96] With the guns and the clubs and the chemical gas
[01:08.69] But still, we would not let them pass
[01:11.03] And they raged and roared, and their tempers flaired
[01:13.86] And there were bombs bursting in the daylight air
[01:16.38] They tried to run us out
[01:17.45] They tried to do us in
[01:18.87] But we came right back again
[01:21.71] Didn't we?
[01:24.98] Shut it down, didn't we?
[01:29.44] Shut it down
[01:35.21] November 30th, 99
[01:37.68] A millennium passing as the numbers climb
[01:40.45] And the people came from everywhere
[01:43.23] Oh, there must have been 50000 there
[01:45.80] There were farmers, unions, rank and file
[01:48.86] Every grassroots has its own style
[01:50.81] There were great big puppets, two stories tall
[01:54.17] There were drummers drumming in the shopping malls
[01:57.01] And the WTO delegates, too
[01:59.16] But we were locked down
[02:00.59] So they couldn't get through
[02:02.30] Didn't we?
[02:04.57] Shut it down, didn't we?
[02:09.50] Shut it down
[02:15.03] November 30th, 99
[02:18.22] Locked down at the police line
[02:20.21] And they're hitting you with everything they got
[02:22.68] But you aren't moving like it or not
[02:25.71] And their tiny wrists with plastic cuffs
[02:28.46] And they're loading you onto a great big bus
[02:30.55] And they're taking you down to the navy base
[02:33.36] Pepper spraying you right in the face
[02:35.85] Trying to get you to beg
[02:36.98] Trying to get you to kneel
[02:38.62] But you got unity and this is for real
[02:40.83] Didn't we?
[02:44.13] Shut it down, didn't we?
[02:48.59] Shut it down
[03:18.03] Ah, the media loves all the glimmer and flash
[03:22.00] The newspapers are talking a whole lot of trash
[03:24.53] About the violence, and the people in black
[03:27.14] And the cops were so tired they just had to attack
[03:29.79] And the secrets hidden in that deep dark hole
[03:32.78] They call city hall, we'll never know
[03:35.35] The mayor is out doing the spin
[03:37.49] The police chief quit so you can't ask him
[03:40.44] And you can swear to God
[03:41.87] And all human law
[03:42.47] But I was there and I know what I saw
[03:45.86] I saw thousands demonstrate in the streets
[03:48.13] I saw the riot squad disturbing the peace
[03:50.65] Didn't we?
[03:53.95] Shut it down, didn't we?
[03:58.81] Shut it down
[04:04.66] And it's the greatest story ever told
[04:07.18] David and Goliath how he'd be so bold
[04:09.61] Standing up when the going gets hot
[04:13.08] And all you got is a slingshot
[04:15.05] And they tell me that the world got messed around
[04:17.71] Gotta pick it up and shake it turn it around
[04:20.44] Gotta pick it up to rearrange it
[04:22.12] I don't wanna save the world
[04:23.57] I wanna change it
[04:25.40] And don't let em tell you that it can't be done
[04:27.80] Because their gonna be the first ones to run
[04:30.69] Just take a little tip from Seattle Town
[04:33.02] WTO and how we shut it down
[04:35.74] Didn't we?
[04:38.99] Shut it down, didn't we?
[04:43.36] Shut it down, didn't we?
[04:48.24] Shut it down, didn't we?
[04:51.60]