General Strike

General strike, that's what the radio say General strike, yeah it's come to a head General strike, yeah word's spread 'round General strike, they're shutting it down See the rich been getting richer While the poor getting sicker Government saw record profits We'll all feel it but no better And there was no use in talk From the wrong end of the stick Gridlocked in a deadlock Had to organise quick See a hungry man is an angry man It's gonna blow up, when the president can You see the picket lines, you see the picket signs There's a door to walk out, no one left behind General strike, that's what the radio say General strike, yeah it's come to a head General strike, yeah word's spread 'round General strike, they're shutting it down The government call it Civil disobedience But for the people on the ground It was the last line of defense You see the powers that be They want the carnival dead And no guns and no tear gas Could stop the workers that stayed See a hungry man is an angry man It's gonna blow up, when the president can You see the picket lines, you see the picket signs There's a door to walk out, no one left behind General strike, that's what the radio say General strike, yeah it's come to a head General strike, yeah word's spread 'round General strike, they're shutting it down See a hungry man is an angry man It's gonna blow up, when the president can You see the picket lines, you see the picket signs There's a door to walk out, no one left behind General strike, that's what the radio say General strike, yeah it's come to a head General strike, yeah word's spread 'round General strike, they're shutting it down