《Links On The Chain(LP版)》歌词

[00:00:00] Links On The Chain (LP版) - Phil Ochs

[00:00:13] Come you ranks of labor

[00:00:15] Come you union core

[00:00:18] And see if you remember

[00:00:20] The struggles of before

[00:00:23] When you were standing helpless

[00:00:25] On the outside of the door

[00:00:27] And you started building links

[00:00:31] On the chain

[00:00:33] On the chain

[00:00:35] You started building links

[00:00:39] On the chain

[00:00:42] When the police on the horses

[00:00:45] Were waitin' on demand

[00:00:48] Ridin' through the strike

[00:00:49] With the pistols in their hands

[00:00:52] Swingin' at the skulls of many a union man

[00:00:57] As you built one more link

[00:01:00] On the chain

[00:01:02] On the chain

[00:01:04] As you built one more link

[00:01:08] On the chain

[00:01:13] Then the army of the fascists tried

[00:01:15] To put you on the run

[00:01:18] But the army of the union

[00:01:19] They did what could be done

[00:01:22] Oh the power of the factory was greater

[00:01:25] Than the gun

[00:01:27] As you built one more link

[00:01:31] On the chain

[00:01:33] On the chain

[00:01:35] As you built one more link

[00:01:38] On the chain

[00:01:42] And then in 1954 decisions finally made

[00:01:47] The black man was a risin' fast

[00:01:50] And racin' from the shade

[00:01:52] And your union took no stand

[00:01:54] And your union was betrayed

[00:01:57] As you lost yourself a link

[00:02:01] On the chain

[00:02:03] On the chain

[00:02:05] As you lost yourself a link

[00:02:08] On the chain

[00:02:12] And then there came the boycotts

[00:02:14] And then the freedom rides

[00:02:17] And forgetting what you stood for

[00:02:19] You tried to block the tide

[00:02:22] Oh the automation bosses were laughin' on the side

[00:02:27] As they watched you lose your link

[00:02:31] On the chain

[00:02:33] On the chain

[00:02:35] As they watched you lose your link

[00:02:38] On the chain

[00:02:43] You know when they block your trucks boys

[00:02:45] By layin' on the road

[00:02:47] All that they are doin' is all

[00:02:50] That you have showed

[00:02:52] That you gotta strike you gotta fight

[00:02:55] To get what you are owed

[00:02:57] When you're building all your links

[00:03:01] On the chain

[00:03:03] On the chain

[00:03:05] When you're building all your links

[00:03:08] On the chain

[00:03:12] And the man who tries to tell you

[00:03:14] That they'll take your job away

[00:03:17] He's the same man who was scabbin' hard

[00:03:20] Just the other day

[00:03:22] And your union's not a union 'til

[00:03:24] He's thrown out of the way

[00:03:27] And he's chokin' on your links

[00:03:31] Of the chain

[00:03:33] Of the chain

[00:03:35] And he's chokin' on your links

[00:03:38] Of the chain

[00:03:43] For now the times are tellin' you

[00:03:44] The times are rollin' on

[00:03:47] And you're fighting for the same thing

[00:03:50] The jobs that will be gone

[00:03:53] Now it's only fair to ask you boys

[00:03:55] Which side are you on

[00:03:57] As you're buildin' all your links

[00:04:01] On the chain

[00:04:03] On the chain

[00:04:05] As you're buildin' all your links

[00:04:09] On the chain