Don't you know you're talking 'bout a revolution
It sounds like a whisper
Don't you know they're talking 'bout a revolution
It sounds like a whisper

While they're standing in the welfare lines
Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation
Wasting time in unemployment lines
Sitting around waiting for a promotion

Don't you know you're talking 'bout a revolution
It sounds like a whisper

Poor people are gonna rise up
And take what's theirs
Poor people are gonna rise up
And take what's theirs

Don't you know you better run, run, run ...
Don't you know you better run, run, run ...

And finally the tables are starting to turn
Talking 'bout a revolution
And finally the tables are starting to turn
Talking 'bout a revolution, oh

While they're standing in the welfare lines
Sitting at the doorways of those armies of salvation
Wasting time in unemployment lines
Sitting around waiting for a promotion

Don't you know you're talking 'bout a revolution
It sounds like a whisper

And finally the tables are starting to turn
Talking 'bout a revolution
Finally the tables are starting to turn
Talking 'bout a revolution, oh no
Talking 'bout a revolution, oh no
Talking 'bout a revolution, oh no
Oh no