Haymarket Square Lyrics - Singles - Against All Authority

No one's gonna hold them down today 

They're ready to fight for their rights 

On May 3rd, 1886 

Chicago burned with the fire they lit 

The workers were on strike cause money's tight 

The pigs were out and looking for a fight 

They opened fire into the crowd 

A worker was hit and he went down 

No one's gonna hold them down 

No! They're gonna burn this fuckin' town 

August spies denounced capitalism 

But he urged no violence 

He was addressing a crowd of workers 

The pigs ordered him silenced 

A bomb was thrown and the silence wailed 

A pig laid dead and 8 were jailed 

That day the system failed 

You know it never fails 

If you think you can crush these ideas 

That are gaining ground more each day 

If death is the penalty for proclaiming truth 

Then I'll proudly and defiantly pay 

Four men were sentenced to death 

To set an example to all the rest 

Who would dare to stand and protest 

The injustices we all detest