I was a miner, I was a docker, I was a railwayman between the wars I raised a family, in times of austerity, with sweat at the foundry between the wars.
I paid the union,then as times got harder,I looked to the government to help the working man But they brought prosperity down at the armoury, we're arming for peace, see boys, between the wars
I kept the faith and I kept voting, not for the iron fist but for the helping hand For theirs is a land with a wall around it and mine is a faith in my fellow man
Theirs is a land of hope and glory, mine is the greenfield and the factory floor Theirs are the skies all dark with bombers and mine is the peace we knew between the wars
Call up the craftsman, bring me the draughtsman, build me a path from cradle to grave and I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage
Go find the young men, never to fight again, bring up the banners from thedays goneby Cast moderation, heart of this nation, desert us not we are between the wars
Help save the youth of America
Help save them from themselves
Help save the sunshine surfer boy
and the California girls
When the lights go out in the rest of the World
What do our cousins say
They're playing in the sun and having fun fun fun
Till Daddy takes the gun away From the Big CHurch to the Big River
And out to the Shining Sea
This is the Land of Opportunity
And there's a Monkey Trial on TV A nation with their freezers full
Are dancing in their seats
While outside another nation
Is sleeping in the streets Don't tell me the old, old story
Tell me the truth this time
Is the Man in the Mask or the Indian
An enemy or a friend of mine | Help save the youth of America
Help save the youth if the World
Help save the boys in uniform
Their mothers and their faithful girls Listen to the voice of the soldier
Down in thekilling zone
Talking about the cost of living
And the price of bringing hom home They're already shipping the body bags
Down below the Rio Grande
But you can fight for democracy at home
And not in some foreign land And the fate of the great United States
Is entwined with the fate of us all
And the incident at Tschernobyl proves
The world we live in is very small |
The cities of Europe have burned before
And they may yet burn again
And if they do I hope you understand
That Washington will burn with them
Omaha will burn with them
Los Alamos will burn with them
