There Is Power In A Union Lyrics

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 our sisters from many far off lands
There is power in a union

Now I long for the morning that they realize
Brutality and unjust laws can not defeat us
But who'll defend the workers, who cannot organize
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 our sisters, together we will stand
There is power in a union

Billy Bragg - Must I Paint You a Picture? The Essential Billy Bragg

Oct 2003

1. St Swithin's Day
2. Levi Stubbs' Tears
3. Walk Away Renee
4. Greetings To The New Brunette
5. There Is Power In A Union
6. Help Save The Youth Of America
7. The Warmest Room
8. Must I Paint You A Picture
9. Valentine's Day Is Over
10. Sexuality
11. Cindy Of 1000 Lives
12. Moving The Goalposts
13. Tank Park Salute
14. You Woke Up My Neighbourhood
15. Accident Waiting To Happen (Red Stars Version)
16. Sulk
17. Upfield
18. The Fourteenth Of February
19. Brickbat
20. The Space Race Is Over
21. The Boy Done Good
22. Ingrid Bergman
23. Way Over Yonder In The Morning Key
24. My Flying Saucer
25. All You Fascists Bound To Lose (Blokes Version)
26. NPWA
27. St. Monday
28. Somedays I See The Point
29. Take Down The Union Jack (Band Version)