Ain't Done Nothing If You Ain't Been Called A Red (Live / 1984)

Ain't Done Nothing If You Ain't Been Called A Red (Live / 1984) - Faith Petric/Mark Ross

Lyrics by：Elliot Keenan

Composed by：Elliot Keenan

When I was just a little thing I used to love parades

With banners bands and red balloons and maybe lemonade

When I came home one mayday my neighbours father said

Them marchers is all commies tell me kid are you a red

Well I didn't know just what

He meant my hair back then was brown

Our house was plain red brick

Like most others in the town

So I went and asked my mamma

Why our neighbour called me red

My mummy took me on her knee

And this is what she said

Well you ain't done nothin' if you ain't been called a red

If you've marched or agitated you're bound to hear it said

So you might as well ignore

It or love the word instead

'Cause you ain't been doin' nothin'

If you ain't been called a red

When I was growin' up had my troubles I suppose

When someone took exception to my face or to my clothes

Or tried to cheat me on a

Job or hit me on the head

When I organised to fight

Back why the stinkers called me red

But you ain't done nothin'

If you ain't been called a red

If youv'e marched or agitated

You're bound to hear it said

So you might as well ignore it

Or love the word instead

'Cause you ain't been doin' nothin'

If you ain't been called a red

When I was livin' on my own

One apartment that I had

Had a lousy rotten landlord

Let me tell ya he was bad

But when he tried to throw

Me out I rubbed my hands and said

You haven't seen a struggle

If you haven't fought a red

And you ain't done nothin'

If you ain't been called a red

If you've marched or agitated

Then you're bound to hear it said

So you might as well ignore it

Or love the word instead

''Cause you ain't been doin' nothin'

If you ain't been called a red

Well I kept on agitatin'

'Cause what else can you do

You're gonna let the sons of bitche

S walk all over you

My friends said you'll get

Fired hanging with that commie mob

I should be so lucky buddy

I ain't got a job

And you ain't done nothin'

If you ain't been called a red

If you've marched or agitated

Then you're bound to hear it said

So you might as well ignore it

Or love the word instead

'Cause you ain't been doin' nothin'

If you ain't been called a red

Well I've been agitatin' now for fifty years or more

For jobs or for equality and always against war

I'll keep on agitatin' as far as I can see

And if that's what being red

Is then it's good enough for me

'Cause you ain't done nothin'

If you ain't been called a red

If you've marched or agitated

Then you're bound to hear it said

So you might as well ignore it

Or love the word instead

'Cause you ain't been doin' nothin'

If you ain't been called a red