We have plowed, we have planted, we have gathered into barns Done the same work as the men with babies in our arms But you won't find our stories in most history books you read We were there, we're still here fighting for the things we need
We were there in the factories We were there in the mills We were in the mines and came home to fix the meals We were there on the picket lines We raised our voices loud It makes me proud just knowing we were there
From the textile mills in Lawrence, to the sweatshops in New York From the fields in California where our children had to work We fought to make a living, bread and roses was our cry Though they jailed and beat our bodies, our spirits never died
We were there in the factories We were there in the mills We were in the mines and came home to fix the meals We were there on the picket lines We raised our voices loud It makes me proud just knowing we were there
We were Polish, we were Irish, we were African and Jew Italian and Latina, Chinese and Russian too They tried to use our differences to split us all apart But the pain we felt together touched the bottom of our hearts
We were there in the factories We were there in the mills We were in the mines and came home to fix the meals We were there on the picket lines We raised our voices loud It makes me proud just knowing we were there
We are teachers, we are doctors, we are cooks and engineers Letter carriers, truck drivers, conductors and cashiers We operate machinery, we fly the big airplanes And we helped to build our unions, we got struggle in our veins
We were there in the factories We were there in the mills We were in the mines and came home to fix the meals We were there on the picket lines We raised our voices loud It makes me proud just knowing we were there in the factories We were there in the mills We were in the mines and came home to fix the meals We were there on the picket lines We raised our voices loud It makes me proud just knowing we were there It makes me proud just knowing we were there It makes me proud just knowing Still we keep on knowing It makes me proud just knowing we were thereTeksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.