Written by Jack Warshaw
Its played in 6/8 time I think; and feel free to change it, if you want to! (G) C G C G They call it the law, apartheid, internment, conscription, partition and silence Em D It's a law that they made to keep you and me, where they think we belong C G C G They hide behind steel and bulletproof glass, Machine guns and spies Em D Dsus4 D And you tell us who'll suffer the tear gas and torture that we're doing wrongC G C G They came for Sacko, Vanzetti, Connolly and Pearce in their time Em D They came for Newton and Seal, Bobby Sands and some of his friends C G C G In Boston, Chicago, Saigon, San Diego, Warsaw and Belfast Em D Dsus4 D And places that never make headlines the list never endsC G No time for love if they come in the morning D G No time to show tears over fears in the morning C G No time for goodbyes, no time to ask why Bm C D G C G And the sound of the siren the cry of the mourningRef. C G C G So come on you people who give your brothers and sisters the will to live on Em D They say you can get used to this war but that doesn't mean that this war isn't on C G C G The fish need the sea to survive just like your comrades need you Em D Dsus4 D And the death squads can only get through to them if first they can get through to you Ref. 2xC G C G The boys in blue are only a few of the everyday cops on their beat Em D The CID branchmen informers and spies do their job just as well C G C G And behind them the men who tap phones and load down computers and files Em D Dsus4 D And the man that tells them when to come to take you to your cell