When the inspiration through the people’s blood shall run
There can be no power greater anywhere beneath the sun
The force on earth is weaker than the frail strength of one
The frail strength of one

It was we who built the cities where they trade
Built the endless miles of railroad ways
Now we stand outcast and starving

They have taken millions that they never toiled to earn,
But without our brains and muscles not a single wheel can turn.
We can break their power gain our freedom when we learn
Will we ever learn

It was we who built the cities where they trade
Built the endless miles of railroad ways
Now we stand outcast and starving

The world that's owned by idle hands is ours and ours alone.
We have laid the wide foundations built it stone by stone