Lyrics

Well they stood out on the picket line, 102 days, they'd made up their mind, and Picketed the coldest months of winter Locked out the bosses keeping out scabs Sticking together the only thing that they had 69 strike, strike Strike for your life Can't beat the company unless we fight Let the barrel fires burn, till revolution 69 strike, strike Strike for your rights Can't beat the company unless we fight Let the bricks fly, prepare for a revolution Strike, strike, strike, strike for your life Can't beat the company unless we fight Let the bricks fly, prepare for a revolution Fifty years later say they'll close the gate, shut the place down if we don't behave Well I for one am sick of running scared Healthcare goes up with the CEO pay, treat ya like a number give ya disease and infection Then take away your pension Tired of seeing working people dyin' on their knees Time to stand up stop asking please Take it, go on and take it Cross the street from the factory fast food workers fighting to eat Yelling 15 dollars an hour, and the right to a union The economy's been changing To the bottom we're tired of racing, need a general strike Strike, strike strike Strike for your life Oh you forgot? We're at war y'all fight Let the banners fly, this is training for a revolution Strike, strike, strike Strike for your life Strike for your kids don't you lay down and die This ain't no strike now, this is revolution Strike, strike, strike Strike for your life Don't you mistake it we're at war y'all fight Let the bullets fly, this ain't no strike this become revolution Oh we came to the conclusion There was only one solution Workers and oppressed peoples, strike and make a revolution Time we seize their hoarded money mountains If it takes blood shooting out like fountains What if the National Guard came in and they turned their guns?