Getcha mining soul deep - with a lesson in history
There`s people fighting for their communities
Don`t say this struggle - does not involve you
If you`re from the working class this is your struggle too
If they spent more on life as they do on death
We might find the money to make industry progress
There`s mud in the waters - there`s lies upon the page
There`s blood on the hillsides and they`re not getting paid
There`s brother `gainst brother - there`s fathers against sons
But as for solidarity, I don`t see none
(Let`s change that - let`s fight back)
Going on 10 months now - will it take another 10
Living on the breadline - with what some people send
Just where is the backing from the TUC
If we aren`t united there can only be defeat
Think of all those brave men - women and children alike
Who built the unions so others might survive
In better conditions - than abject misery
Not supporting the miners - betrays that legacy
There`s brother `gainst brother - there`s fathers against sons
Let`s change that - let`s fight back!
Up north the temperature`s rising
Down south she`s wine and dining
We can`t afford to let the government win
It means death to the trade unions
And the cash it costs to close `em
Is better spent trying to keep `em open
Try to feel the pain in those seeds planted
Now are the things that we take for granted
Like the power to strike if we don`t agree
With the bosses that make those policies
That keep us down and keep us dumb
So don`t settle for less than the No. one!