| Don’t let em take it all away
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| It’s getting harder every day
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| Brothers, sisters, hear me say
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| 'Til my very dying day
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| I’m down on my luck
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| I’m out on the streets
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| I’m at wits end and I’ve nearly been beat
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| See they’ve taken my home
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| They’ve taken my wife
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| They’ve taken my job
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| And they’ve taken my life
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| But there’s one thing that they will not take
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| That I will hold til the end
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| Until my dying day
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| 'Cause it’s part of me
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| And it’s time that we say
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| They will not take it all away!
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| I’m pounding the pavement
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| Through thick and thin
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| Good times and bad
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| You know I just can’t win
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| I’ve been beat on, kicked on, insulted to my face
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| The whole bleedin' world thinks I’m a bleedin' disgrace
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| Yeah they can own my body but they’ll never own my mind
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| So they better face the facts, 'cause now is the time
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| 'Till we all join hands, and all of us say
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| They will not take it all away
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| Since the day I was born
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| I’ve been runnin' uphill
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| I work my fingers to the bone
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| Just to get my fill
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| And they still want more
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| It’s getting harder everyday
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| Until there’s nothing left
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| Until they take it all away |