First workers revolution

The first workers revolution in history

Working people forced the bosses' backs against the wall

First steps taken for a better life for all



It's a shame

It's a crying shame

When our past is buried

And our victories go un-named

It's a crying shame

When our history books

Talk of kings & men of fame



And in another country workers rose again

1919, 1919 in Berlin

But they didn't learn the lessons

From the Russians that they should

Revolution, revolution was drowned in blood



It's a crying shame

But the lessons plain

It's a crying shame

But the lessons plain



All things are possible



Hunger of the 30's

Hunger of the 30's back again

And the rich still rich

And the poor still the same as they ever were

And it seems to me

We're still not learning from our history



And it's a crying shame

Those who hold the future hold themselves in chains

It's a crying shame

Those who bear the pain hold themselves to blame

It's a crying, it's a crying shame

It's a crying shame



Look at Petrograd!

Look at Barcelona

Fight against the land

Fight against the land & the factory owners

Same fight today against another ruling class

Learn a lesson from your past



It's a crying shame

But the lessons plain

It's a crying shame

But the lessons plain

It can happen again

It's a crying, crying, crying shame

But the lessons plain

It can be done again!