Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Vanzetti's Rock , by - Woody Guthrie. Song from the album Ballads Of Sacco & Vanzetti, in the genre Release date: 05.11.2019
Record label: Limitless Int
Song language: English
Vanzetti's Rock |
| I’m standin' on the rock, Vanzetti |
| Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti |
| Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti |
| Where men like you have stood |
| I see the tourists, Vanzetti |
| Around your Plymouth Rock |
| Black glasses, sun goggles, an' glasses |
| Smoked glasses to block out the light |
| I see 'em come here as you’ve seen 'em |
| I see lots more than you saw |
| I see 'em in fast running cars |
| You seen 'em in wagons and carts |
| I’m standin' on the rock, Vanzetti |
| Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti |
| Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti |
| Where men like you have stood |
| These tourists don’t see you, Vanzetti |
| The salesmen and gamblers' on tour |
| Your footprints are dim an' your trail has sprung weeds |
| An' their tourist map don’t show you there |
| The trade union workers, Vanzetti |
| Will vacation here and will tour |
| This rock, an' this town, an' Plymouth around |
| When statues have souls like yours |
| I’m standin' on the rock, Vanzetti |
| Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti |
| Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti |
| Where men like you have stood |
| Your picture is painted, Vanzetti |
| Your words are carved 'round the frames |
| Your songs an' your poems an' workin' folks' dreams |
| Will flame with our greatest of names |
| Your name I’ll paint on my porters |
| My streets, my mountains an' shops |
| Your hopes that you hoped an' the dreams that you dreamt |
| I’ll see that your work never stops |
| I’m standin' on the rock, Vanzetti |
| Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti |
| Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti |
| Where men like you have stood |
| Those talks for the workers, Vanzetti |
| I’ll chisel 'em down on the rock |
| I’ll tell every worker to fight like you fought |
| Like the Pilgrims that docked on this rock |
| I’ll scatter your words on my waters |
| To the ships an' the fishes an' gulls |
| I’ll cast your fish cart in metal so fine |
| An' push it around this world |
| I’m standin' on the rock, Vanzetti |
| Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti |
| Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti |
| Where men like you have stood |
| Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti |
| Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti |
| Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti |
| Where men like you have stood |