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130 lines
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The Teargas Anthem
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a song written by Desert Rat
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I've seen the lands beyond these borders
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Where the corporations rule
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And they spin their lies and they globalize
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and the working man's their tool.
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And the streams are so polluted
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that their banks are bleak and bare
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and the babies all are born deformed
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and the smog is everywhere
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and the workers wages drop
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30% in just one year
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now the greedy bastards want to bring
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that situation here
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and you called upon me brother
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and you asked what I could do
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and I told the truth dear brother
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when I spoke these words to you
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I will stand beside your shoulder
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when the teargas fills the sky
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and if a national guardsman shoots me down
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I'll be lookin him in the eye
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and I will wash their pepper from your face
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and go with you to jail
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and if you don't make it through this fight
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I swear I'll tell your tale
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And I will stay with you in the prison cell
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In solidarity
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and I will not leave that cursed room
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til you walk out with me
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For we the people fight for freedom
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While the cops just fight for pay
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and as long as truth is in our hearts
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we're sure to win some day
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I will not falter when that iron fist
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comes out of the velvet glove
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I will stand beside you brother
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and defend this land I love
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I've heard the tales from conquered islands
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where the sweatshop barons rule
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recruiting girls from the Asian slums
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to be the rich mans' tool
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and they are promised lies of luxury
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in the golden usa
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and then they're stranded on these islands
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with their passports stripped away
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And their aging fingers toil and bleed
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year after grueling year
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now the greedy bastards want to bring
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those same conditions here.
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and you called upon me sister
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and you asked what I could do
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and I told the truth dear sister
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when I spoke these words to you
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I will stand beside your shoulder
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when the teargas fills the sky
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and if a national guardsman shoots me down
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I'll be lookin him in the eye
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and I will wash their pepper from your face
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and go with you to jail
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and if you don't make it through this fight
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I swear I'll tell your tale
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And I will stay with you in the prison cell
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In solidarity
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and I will not leave that cursed room
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til you walk out with me
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For we the people fight for freedom
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While the cops just fight for pay
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and as long as truth is in our hearts
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we're sure to win some day
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I will not falter when that iron fist
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comes out of the velvet glove
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I will stand beside you sister
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and defend this land I love
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yes, I will stand beside you sister
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and defend this land I love
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===============
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Desert Rat sings this with a drumbeat and an awesome
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Irish brogue. I do it a capella and kind of scream it,
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kind of chant it, kind of sing it. I think both work
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well, but I do wish I could do it his way. :)
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This is one of those songs that you finish and
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people come up to you afterwards asking for a copy
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of the lyrics. This has happened to me half a dozen
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times just in the past week. And it happened today
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at a rally where I just belted it out as people were
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milling around when the program itself was finished.
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--marco. milwaukee, 6oct02
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