Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Strike! , by - Ry Cooder. Song from the album My Name Is Buddy, in the genre Музыка мираRelease date: 31.08.2006
Record label: Nonesuch
Song language: English
Strike! |
| Well I got off the train one evening in a little mining town |
| I started walking up the main street when the sun was going down |
| When I heard some voices singing, so I went to see what for |
| Might just be a birthday party, and it might be room for just one more |
| But it was miners and their families, they had left the mine that day |
| Walked out for safe conditions, on strike for decent pay |
| And they sang about their struggle, and their spirit never failed |
| Keep your hand upon the dollar and your eye upon the scale |
| Union miners stand together, heed no operator’s tale |
| Keep your hand upon the dollar and your eye upon the scale |
| Well all at once police came running, they came running everywhere |
| They broke up that miner’s meeting, and they carried everyone to jail |
| But the miners kept on singing and they sang the whole night through |
| When the sun rose in the morning I had learned that miners song |
| Now the judge he asked the police captain, What’s that red cat doin' here? |
| Get all the reds off the streets, sir, was your orders loud and clear |
| Now they turned me out of the jailhouse back door, but I wouldn’t leave my |
| miner friends |
| I jumped back to that jailhouse winder and I sang that miner songs again |
| Union miners stand together, heed no operator’s tale |
| Keep your hand upon the dollar and your eye upon the scale |