Lyrics Against All Authority

Against All Authority

Haymarket Square

no one's gonna hold them down today

they're ready to fight for their rights on may

3rd, 1886 chicago burned with the fire

they lit the workers were on strike

cause money's tight the pigs were out and looking for a fight

they opened fire into the crowd

a worker was hit and he went down

no one's gonna hold them down

no! they're gonna burn this fuckin' town

august spies denounced capitalism

but he urged no violence

he was addressing a crowd

of workers the pigs ordered him silenced

a bomb was thrown and the sirens wailed

a pig laid dead and they were jailed

that day the system failed

you know it never fails

if you think you can crush these ideas

that are gaining ground more each day

if death is the penalty for proclaiming

truth then i'll proudly and defiantly pay

four men were sentenced to death to set an example

to all the rest who would dare

to stand up and protest

the injustices we all detest

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