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Ellipsis

(9,124 posts)
Mon Jun 25, 2012, 04:58 PM Jun 2012

Which side are you on? ani difranco's new CD -

Last edited Mon Jun 25, 2012, 08:26 PM - Edit history (3)


they stole a few elections,
still we the people won
We voted out corruption and
big corporations

we voted for an end to war
new direction
we ain't gonna stop now
until our job is done

come on all good workers
this year is our time
Now there some folks in washington
who cares what's on our minds

come one-come all voters
lets all vote next time
show 'em which side are you on now
which side are you on

which side are you on now
which side are you on
which side are you on now
which side are you on

which side are you on now
which side are you on
which side are you on now
which side are you on

30 years of diggin'
got us in this hole
the curse of reaganomics
has finally taken it's toll

lord knows the free market
is anything but free
it costs dearly to the planet
and the likes of you and me

i don't need those money lenders
suckin' on my tit
a little socialism
don't scare me one bit!

we could do a whole lot worse
than europe or canada
c'mon mr. president
c'mon congress make the law

which side are you on now
which side are you on
which side are you on now
which side are you on

they say in orleans parish
there are no neutrals there
there's just too much misery
there's too much despair

america who are we
now our innocence is gone
which side are you on now
which side are you on

too many stories written
out in black and white
c'mon people of privilege
it's time to join the fight

are we living in the shadow of slavery
or are we moving on
tell me which side are you on now
which side are you on

which side are you on boys
which side are you on
which side are you on boys
which side are you on
which side are you on boys
which side are you on
which side are you on now
which side are you on

my mother was a feminist
she taught me to see
that the road to ruin is paved
with patriarchy

so, let the way of the women
guide democracy
from plunder and pollution
let mother earth be free

feminism ain't about women
no, that's not who it is for
it's about a shifting consciousness
that'll bring an end to war

so listen up you fathers
listen up you sons
which side are you on now
which side are you on

which side are you on now
which side are you on
which side are you on now
which side are you on

so are we just consumers
or are we citizens
are we gonna make more garbage
or are we gonna make amends

are you part of the solution
or are you part of the con?
which side are you on now
which side are you on?


Occupy this cd
http://www.righteousbabe.com/ani/whichsideareyouon/whichsideareyouon.asp
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Which side are you on? ani difranco's new CD - (Original Post) Ellipsis Jun 2012 OP
Thank you! Ghost of Huey Long Jun 2012 #1
K an R. Thanks. wandy Jun 2012 #2
Pete seeger's version - "Which side are you on?" Ellipsis Jun 2012 #3
Florence Reese Ellipsis Jun 2012 #4

Ellipsis

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3. Pete seeger's version - "Which side are you on?"
Mon Jun 25, 2012, 08:07 PM
Jun 2012


"Which Side Are You On?" is a song written by Florence Reece in 1931. Reece was the wife of Sam Reece, a union organizer for the United Mine Workers in Harlan County, Kentucky. In 1931, the miners of that region were locked in a bitter and violent struggle with the mine owners called the Harlan County War. In an attempt to intimidate the Reece family, Sheriff J. H. Blair and his men (hired by the mining company) illegally entered their family home in search of Sam Reece. Sam had been warned in advance and escaped, but Florence and their children were terrorized in his place. That night, after the men had gone, Florence wrote the lyrics to "Which Side Are You On?" on a calendar that hung in the kitchen of her home. She took the melody from a traditional Baptist hymn, "Lay the Lily Low", or the traditional ballad "Jack Munro".[1] Florence recorded the song, which can be heard on the CD Coal Mining Women.


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