Refrein:
Everybody, we've got to fight for ourselves. (4x)

So many people, so many problems
There in the pretty city lights
Where we've thrown it all away
Well, if life is here before my eyes
Then I find it hard to see.

How the methods that we've told to use
Are gonna make us free, until then I say.

Refrein (2x)

All through the mystery
All through the heartache
She's got the only single thing
That I'll never throw away.

Oh, if lightning strikes for a second time
We come and pull me through
It's a battle that we all must make

So show me what to do
And you said.

Refrein 2:
Everybody, we've got to fight for ourselves
(We've got to fight for ourselves)
Everybody, we've got to fight for ourselves.

Well there's a feeling growing that is in this land
There's a soul is burning and it's in your hand
Everybody, we've got to fight for ourselves
Fight for ourselves.

Oh so many people now, there’s so many problems
There in the pretty city lights
Where we've thrown it all away
Well, if life is here before my eyes
Then I find it hard to see.

How the methods that we've told to use
Are gonna make us free.

Refrein 2

Well there's a feeling growing that is in this land
There's a soul that's burning and it's in your hand
Everybody, we've got to fight for ourselves. (3x)
We've got to fight for ourselves.