Who'll Stand With Us?

[Verse 1] Throughout centuries in every country We’ve faced the wrath and felt the pain Of the tyrant’s sword or the henchman’s boot For another rich man’s gain In the endless quest for wealth and power They stomp us down with great disdain Beneath the false god’s banner In the name of all that’s vain [Chorus] Through crime and crusade Our labor, it’s been stolen We’ve been robbed of our freedom We’ve been held down and beholden To the bosses and bankers Who never gave their share Of any blood Of any sweat Of any tears Who’ll stand with us? Don’t tell us everything is fine Who’ll stand with us? Because this treatment is a crime The working people fuel the engine While you yank the chain We fight the wars and build buildings For someone else’s gain So tell me Who will stand with us? [Verse 1] And as time rolls on Not a single thing has changed And the wealth gap’s only grown As we all point the blame We’re at the throats of one another Though we share a single fate And the golden few laugh on and on As we all take the bait [Chorus] Through crime and crusade Our labor, it’s been stolen We’ve been robbed of our freedom We’ve been held down and beholden To the bosses and bankers Who never gave their share Of any blood Of any sweat Of any tears Who’ll stand with us? Don’t tell us everything is fine Who’ll stand with us? Because this treatment is a crime The working people fuel the engine While you yank the chain We fight the wars and build the buildings For someone else’s gain So tell me Who will stand with us? [Chorus] Through crime and crusade Our labor, it’s been stolen We’ve been robbed of our freedom We’ve been held down and beholden Who’ll stand with us? Don’t tell us everything is fine Who’ll stand with us? Because this treatment is a crime The working people fuel the engine While you yank the chain We fight the wars and build buildings For someone else’s gains So tell me Who will stand with us? So tell me Who will stand with us?