Union Song (live in Madison, WI)
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โฑ๏ธ 5:36 duration
๐ ID: 6818288
๐ Lyrics
For the fired auto workers
Who were twisted, tricked and robbed
To the peasant in Guatemala
In a sweatshop got your job
And she can't feed her family
On the pennies that she makes
Meanwhile the crime rate's rising
Up and down the Great Lake states
Like vegetables left in the field
The signatures smell rotten
On the contracts and the deeds
That push the race down to the bottom
As they load the rubber bullets
As they fire another round
I'm heading into the tear gas
Dig in man, hold your ground
For Joe Hill and Caesar Chavez
Who fought in their own time
For our brothers and our sisters
Up and down that picket line
For the unnamed and unnumbered
Who struggle brave and long
For the union men and women
Standing up and standing strong
Si nos quedemos
Juntos vamos a ganar? Si!
Hit em where it hurts
And bite the hand that feeds
You might get one to three
Or probation and a fine
But I know where I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be right on that front line
For Joe Hill and Caesar Chavez
Who fought in their own time
For our brothers and our sisters
Up and down that picket line
For the unnamed and unnumbered
Who struggle brave and long
For the union men and women
Standing up and standing strong
Now dirty scabs will cross the line
While others stand aside and look
But ain't nobody never got nothin'
That didn't raise their voice and push
Like the steel worker in Ohio
The miner in West Virginia
The teacher in Chicago
Janitor in Mississippi
From the sweatshops of L.A.
To the fields of Mission Flats
There's a thunder cloud exploding
And I'm free at last
Like Joe Hill and Caesar Chavez
Who fought in their own time
Like our brothers and our sisters
Up and down that picket line
Like the unnamed and unnumbered
Who struggle brave and long
Like the union men and women
Standing up and standing strong
Who were twisted, tricked and robbed
To the peasant in Guatemala
In a sweatshop got your job
And she can't feed her family
On the pennies that she makes
Meanwhile the crime rate's rising
Up and down the Great Lake states
Like vegetables left in the field
The signatures smell rotten
On the contracts and the deeds
That push the race down to the bottom
As they load the rubber bullets
As they fire another round
I'm heading into the tear gas
Dig in man, hold your ground
For Joe Hill and Caesar Chavez
Who fought in their own time
For our brothers and our sisters
Up and down that picket line
For the unnamed and unnumbered
Who struggle brave and long
For the union men and women
Standing up and standing strong
Si nos quedemos
Juntos vamos a ganar? Si!
Hit em where it hurts
And bite the hand that feeds
You might get one to three
Or probation and a fine
But I know where I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be right on that front line
For Joe Hill and Caesar Chavez
Who fought in their own time
For our brothers and our sisters
Up and down that picket line
For the unnamed and unnumbered
Who struggle brave and long
For the union men and women
Standing up and standing strong
Now dirty scabs will cross the line
While others stand aside and look
But ain't nobody never got nothin'
That didn't raise their voice and push
Like the steel worker in Ohio
The miner in West Virginia
The teacher in Chicago
Janitor in Mississippi
From the sweatshops of L.A.
To the fields of Mission Flats
There's a thunder cloud exploding
And I'm free at last
Like Joe Hill and Caesar Chavez
Who fought in their own time
Like our brothers and our sisters
Up and down that picket line
Like the unnamed and unnumbered
Who struggle brave and long
Like the union men and women
Standing up and standing strong
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[02:13.77] For the fired auto workers
[02:14.65] Who were twisted, tricked and robbed
[02:16.43] To the peasant in Guatemala
[02:18.23] In a sweatshop got your job
[02:20.08] And she can't feed her family
[02:21.89] On the pennies that she makes
[02:23.60] Meanwhile the crime rate's rising
[02:25.44] Up and down the Great Lake states
[02:31.76] Like vegetables left in the field
[02:33.56] The signatures smell rotten
[02:35.40] On the contracts and the deeds
[02:37.13] That push the race down to the bottom
[02:39.08] As they load the rubber bullets
[02:40.88] As they fire another round
[02:42.66] I'm heading into the tear gas
[02:45.33] Dig in man, hold your ground
[02:47.13] For Joe Hill and Caesar Chavez
[02:48.94] Who fought in their own time
[02:50.77] For our brothers and our sisters
[02:52.55] Up and down that picket line
[02:54.39] For the unnamed and unnumbered
[02:56.18] Who struggle brave and long
[02:57.93] For the union men and women
[02:59.76] Standing up and standing strong
[03:13.30] Si nos quedemos
[03:15.17] Juntos vamos a ganar? Si!
[03:16.98] Hit em where it hurts
[03:18.71] And bite the hand that feeds
[03:21.47] You might get one to three
[03:23.20] Or probation and a fine
[03:25.05] But I know where I'm gonna be
[03:25.94] I'm gonna be right on that front line
[03:28.65] For Joe Hill and Caesar Chavez
[03:30.47] Who fought in their own time
[03:32.27] For our brothers and our sisters
[03:34.14] Up and down that picket line
[03:35.97] For the unnamed and unnumbered
[03:37.77] Who struggle brave and long
[03:39.58] For the union men and women
[03:41.33] Standing up and standing strong
[04:19.23] Now dirty scabs will cross the line
[04:21.98] While others stand aside and look
[04:25.66] But ain't nobody never got nothin'
[04:29.22] That didn't raise their voice and push
[04:33.77] Like the steel worker in Ohio
[04:35.52] The miner in West Virginia
[04:37.36] The teacher in Chicago
[04:39.10] Janitor in Mississippi
[04:40.98] From the sweatshops of L.A.
[04:42.73] To the fields of Mission Flats
[04:44.56] There's a thunder cloud exploding
[04:46.36] And I'm free at last
[04:48.11] Like Joe Hill and Caesar Chavez
[04:50.10] Who fought in their own time
[04:51.83] Like our brothers and our sisters
[04:53.62] Up and down that picket line
[04:56.38] Like the unnamed and unnumbered
[04:58.12] Who struggle brave and long
[04:59.94] Like the union men and women
[05:00.84] Standing up and standing strong
[05:13.53]
[02:14.65] Who were twisted, tricked and robbed
[02:16.43] To the peasant in Guatemala
[02:18.23] In a sweatshop got your job
[02:20.08] And she can't feed her family
[02:21.89] On the pennies that she makes
[02:23.60] Meanwhile the crime rate's rising
[02:25.44] Up and down the Great Lake states
[02:31.76] Like vegetables left in the field
[02:33.56] The signatures smell rotten
[02:35.40] On the contracts and the deeds
[02:37.13] That push the race down to the bottom
[02:39.08] As they load the rubber bullets
[02:40.88] As they fire another round
[02:42.66] I'm heading into the tear gas
[02:45.33] Dig in man, hold your ground
[02:47.13] For Joe Hill and Caesar Chavez
[02:48.94] Who fought in their own time
[02:50.77] For our brothers and our sisters
[02:52.55] Up and down that picket line
[02:54.39] For the unnamed and unnumbered
[02:56.18] Who struggle brave and long
[02:57.93] For the union men and women
[02:59.76] Standing up and standing strong
[03:13.30] Si nos quedemos
[03:15.17] Juntos vamos a ganar? Si!
[03:16.98] Hit em where it hurts
[03:18.71] And bite the hand that feeds
[03:21.47] You might get one to three
[03:23.20] Or probation and a fine
[03:25.05] But I know where I'm gonna be
[03:25.94] I'm gonna be right on that front line
[03:28.65] For Joe Hill and Caesar Chavez
[03:30.47] Who fought in their own time
[03:32.27] For our brothers and our sisters
[03:34.14] Up and down that picket line
[03:35.97] For the unnamed and unnumbered
[03:37.77] Who struggle brave and long
[03:39.58] For the union men and women
[03:41.33] Standing up and standing strong
[04:19.23] Now dirty scabs will cross the line
[04:21.98] While others stand aside and look
[04:25.66] But ain't nobody never got nothin'
[04:29.22] That didn't raise their voice and push
[04:33.77] Like the steel worker in Ohio
[04:35.52] The miner in West Virginia
[04:37.36] The teacher in Chicago
[04:39.10] Janitor in Mississippi
[04:40.98] From the sweatshops of L.A.
[04:42.73] To the fields of Mission Flats
[04:44.56] There's a thunder cloud exploding
[04:46.36] And I'm free at last
[04:48.11] Like Joe Hill and Caesar Chavez
[04:50.10] Who fought in their own time
[04:51.83] Like our brothers and our sisters
[04:53.62] Up and down that picket line
[04:56.38] Like the unnamed and unnumbered
[04:58.12] Who struggle brave and long
[04:59.94] Like the union men and women
[05:00.84] Standing up and standing strong
[05:13.53]