Original words by Zack Schofield, from the Billy Bragg song
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Which side are you on, boys?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on, boys?
Which side are you on?
This government had an idea
To step over the rule of law
They want you to think it’s illegal
To fight ‘gainst a genocidal war
Which side are you on, boys?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on, boys?
Which side are you on?
We went out to join the picket line
For together we cannot fail
We got stopped by police on the Belmore streets
Saying “Go on home, or you’re going to jail”
Which side are you on, boys?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on, boys?
Which side are you on?
We were pulled from a crowd just for asking why
Like democracy’s been dismissed
She got sat on the wall of a weapons plant
With a broken eye from a cop’s right fist
Which side are you on, boys?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on, boys?
Which side are you on?
It ain’t much to the bones of the crying child
Whose daddy ain’t coming back
But it’s the least we can do to shut shit down
That helps build bombers for the next attack
Which side are you on, boys?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on, boys?
Which side are you on?
We’re bound to follow our conscience
And do whatever we can
It’ll take much more than assault by the law
To knock the fight out of folks who take a stand
Which side are you on, boys?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on, boys?
Which side are you on?
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