There Is Power In A Union Lyrics by Billy Bragg
Album : Talking With The Taxman About Poetry
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There is power in a factory, power in the land
Power in the hands of a worker
But it all amounts to nothing if together we don't stand
There is power in a Union.

Now the lessons of the past were all learned with workers' blood
The mistakes of the bosses we must pay for
From the cities and the farmlands to trenches full of mud
War has always been the bosses' way, sir.

The Union forever, defending our rights
Down with the blackleg, all workers unite
With our brothers and out sisters from many far off lands
There is power in a Union.

Now I long for the morning that they realise
Brutality and unjust laws can not defeat us
But who'll defend the workers who cannot organise
When the bosses send their lackies out to cheat us?

Money speaks for money, the Devil for his own
Who comes to speak for the skin and the bone
What a comfort to the widow, a light to the child
There is power in a Union.

The Union forever defending our rights
Down with the blackleg, all workers unite
With our brothers and out sisters from many far off lands
There is power in a Union.
There is power in a factory, power in the land   Power in the hands of a worker   But it all amounts to nothing if together we don't stand    There is power in a Union.      Now the lessons of the past were all learned with workers' blood   The mistakes of the bosses we must pay for   From the cities and the farmlands to trenches full of mud   War has always been the bosses' way, sir.      The Union forever, defending our rights   Down with the blackleg, all workers unite   With our brothers and out sisters from many far off lands   There is power in a Union.      Now I long for the morning that they realise   Brutality and unjust laws can not defeat us   But who'll defend the workers who cannot organise   When the bosses send their lackies out to cheat us?      Money speaks for money, the Devil for his own   Who comes to speak for the skin and the bone   What a comfort to the widow, a light to the child   There is power in a Union.      The Union forever defending our rights   Down with the blackleg, all workers unite   With our brothers and out sisters from many far off lands   There is power in a Union.