Links on the Chain (LP版)-Phil Ochs

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[00:00.00]Links on the Chain (LP版) - Phil Ochs
[00:13.31]Come you ranks of labor
[00:15.27]Come you union core
[00:18.22]And see if you remember
[00:20.05]The struggles of before
[00:23.06]When you were standing helpless
[00:25.15]On the outside of the door
[00:27.94]And you started building links
[00:31.46]On the chain
[00:33.53]On the chain
[00:35.28]You started building links
[00:39.12]On the chain
[00:42.72]When the police on the horses
[00:45.15]Were waitin' on demand
[00:48.16]Ridin' through the strike
[00:49.75]With the pistols in their hands
[00:52.90]Swingin' at the skulls of many a union man
[00:57.07]As you built one more link
[01:00.73]On the chain
[01:02.75]On the chain
[01:04.58]As you built one more link
[01:08.24]On the chain
[01:13.10]Then the army of the fascists tried
[01:15.33]To put you on the run
[01:18.10]But the army of the union
[01:19.91]They did what could be done
[01:22.92]Oh the power of the factory was greater
[01:25.67]Than the gun
[01:27.44]As you built one more link
[01:31.20]On the chain
[01:33.22]On the chain
[01:35.21]As you built one more link
[01:38.56]On the chain
[01:42.72]And then in 1954 decisions finally made
[01:47.76]The black man was a risin' fast
[01:50.13]And racin' from the shade
[01:52.58]And your union took no stand
[01:54.83]And your union was betrayed
[01:57.45]As you lost yourself a link
[02:01.29]On the chain
[02:03.22]On the chain
[02:05.19]As you lost yourself a link
[02:08.27]On the chain
[02:12.97]And then there came the boycotts
[02:14.80]And then the freedom rides
[02:17.64]And forgetting what you stood for
[02:19.94]You tried to block the tide
[02:22.52]Oh the automation bosses were laughin' on the side
[02:27.83]As they watched you lose your link
[02:31.44]On the chain
[02:33.47]On the chain
[02:35.35]As they watched you lose your link
[02:38.46]On the chain
[02:43.14]You know when they block your trucks boys
[02:45.23]By layin' on the road
[02:47.93]All that they are doin' is all
[02:50.56]That you have showed
[02:52.74]That you gotta strike you gotta fight
[02:55.06]To get what you are owed
[02:57.38]When you're building all your links
[03:01.27]On the chain
[03:03.25]On the chain
[03:05.10]When you're building all your links
[03:08.27]On the chain
[03:12.61]And the man who tries to tell you
[03:14.56]That they'll take your job away
[03:17.87]He's the same man who was scabbin' hard
[03:20.07]Just the other day
[03:22.80]And your union's not a union 'til
[03:24.84]He's thrown out of the way
[03:27.55]And he's chokin' on your links
[03:31.25]Of the chain
[03:33.11]Of the chain
[03:35.01]And he's chokin' on your links
[03:38.38]Of the chain
[03:43.07]For now the times are tellin' you
[03:44.94]The times are rollin' on
[03:47.90]And you're fighting for the same thing
[03:50.13]The jobs that will be gone
[03:53.03]Now it's only fair to ask you boys
[03:55.31]Which side are you on
[03:57.93]As you're buildin' all your links
[04:01.71]On the chain
[04:03.79]On the chain
[04:05.66]As you're buildin' all your links
[04:09.16]On the chain