Links on the Chain (LP版) 歌詞
Links On The Chain (LP版) - Phil Ochs
Come you ranks of labor
Come you union core
And see if you remember
The struggles of before
When you were standing helpless
On the outside of the door
And you started building links
On the chain
On the chain
You started building links
On the chain
When the police on the horses
Were waitin' on demand
Ridin' through the strike
With the pistols in their hands
Swingin' at the skulls of many a union man
As you built one more link
On the chain
On the chain
As you built one more link
On the chain
Then the army of the fascists tried
To put you on the run
But the army of the union
They did what could be done
Oh the power of the factory was greater
Than the gun
As you built one more link
On the chain
On the chain
As you built one more link
On the chain
And then in 1954 decisions finally made
The black man was a risin' fast
And racin' from the shade
And your union took no stand
And your union was betrayed
As you lost yourself a link
On the chain
On the chain
As you lost yourself a link
On the chain
And then there came the boycotts
And then the freedom rides
And forgetting what you stood for
You tried to block the tide
Oh the automation bosses were laughin' on the side
As they watched you lose your link
On the chain
On the chain
As they watched you lose your link
On the chain
You know when they block your trucks boys
By layin' on the road
All that they are doin' is all
That you have showed
That you gotta strike you gotta fight
To get what you are owed
When you're building all your links
On the chain
On the chain
When you're building all your links
On the chain
And the man who tries to tell you
That they'll take your job away
He's the same man who was scabbin' hard
Just the other day
And your union's not a union 'til
He's thrown out of the way
And he's chokin' on your links
Of the chain
Of the chain
And he's chokin' on your links
Of the chain
For now the times are tellin' you
The times are rollin' on
And you're fighting for the same thing
The jobs that will be gone
Now it's only fair to ask you boys
Which side are you on
As you're buildin' all your links
On the chain
On the chain
As you're buildin' all your links
On the chain