文本歌词

Links On The Chain - Phil Ochs (菲尔·奥克斯)
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 yourslef 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
Werre 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
Amd 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
Till 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
As you're buildin all your links on the chain