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[Verse 1]
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Get up, I'm ready and I'm able, just want to put food on the table
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I don't ask for very much, my rent's gone up and my wages are going
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Down-town, you see them in their suits, they look down, on us and all we do
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But we all know who really pays for the shirt and coat and the big warm house
[Pre-Chorus 1]
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And ooooooh, anyone can see they are not like us
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And ooooooh, we are not like them
[Verse 2]
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Go on, preach a little more but last year eight factories closed their
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Doors for good, you do the math, you can't pay more than the market will
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Allow me to introduce myself, I live here, I'm not from somewhere else
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And I am not a violent man but if you're looking for trouble then trouble you'll find
[Refrain 1]
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And a hundred years ago tomorrow we were waiting on a boat
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Just protecting our own, looking out for the lives we know
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After all this time you'd think you'd start to see
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That it's either you or me so you better pack and leave
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Cause you know I will die before I go
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[Pre-Chorus 2]
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And ooooooh, anyone can see they are not like us
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And ooooooh, we are not like them
[Refrain 2]
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One hundred years ago tomorrow we were getting on a boat
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We were singing hold the fort, hold yourselves up proud and tall
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After all this time it still is hard to see that the guns are aimed at me
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And if someone's gonna bleed you can bet who will be the ones to fall
[Verse 3]
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We meet today in freedom's cup and raise our voices high
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We join our hands in union strong, to battle or to die
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Hold the fort, for we are coming, Union men be strong
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Side by side we battle onward, victory shall come
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[Chorus 1]
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Remember remember the fifth of November, the gunfire and bloodshed at the dock
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Remember remember the fifth of November, the gunfire and bloodshed at the dock
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Remember remember the fifth of November, the gunfire and bloodshed at the dock
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Remember remember the fifth of November, the gunfire and bloodshed at the dock
[Chorus 2]
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One hundred years ago tomorrow
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One hundred years ago tomorrow
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One hundred years ago, one hundred years ago
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One hundred years ago tomorrow
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[Chorus 3]
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One hundred years ago tomorrow
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One hundred years ago tomorrow
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One hundred years ago, one hundred years ago
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One hundred years ago tomorrow