Lyrics

Joy beats oppression But oppression will make you pay Cause our joy is fleeting Oppression never goes away You look them right in the eye You stare and shout them down But joy, our joy Don't really care for fighting While oppression will wait around for you to blink Joy beats oppression But oppression will make you pay Speak up, black out, black listed, full bodied, redó He gave us everything he could But he got tired man We all get tired when we ain't thinking so good When he got tired this country It took back every damn thing That it god damn could Bullies will always take back what they can From the free, from the poor lucky drunks Who just don't give a damn This country will always take back everything it can Speak up, black out, black listed, full bodied, redó He wasn't in it for hisself He was in it for you and for me But he fought it alone And that makes you bitter and mean For a while this could be so good For tonight we make the rules Here inside this club Me and the girls are here to tell you They're fucking with you 'cause they want what you have Things are really pretty damn funny Things ain't really quite so bad Take this one thing with you to home And to work and to school to mom and to dad There are moments when you can stop the world Remember that friends and don' t be sad Take this one thing with you to home And to work and to school to mom and to dad Don't hang a man out to dry again Don't make him fight it all alone again Speak up, black out, black listed, full bodied, red