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I stand here in Lawrence, a town that used to be a city Filled with union women and men Now all the mills are gone and the story seems so distant How such a thing could happen again A hundred years ago battles raged here You could get shot down for speaking in the street They sent in migrants from all across Europe So we had 26 languages, 52 seats (Chorus) The fight was long and bloody But at times it seemed that we had won Now when I look to the horizon I still see a new dawn But the battle has just begun And our watchword was for men and women of all nations To struggle together as one So that all around the globe, wherever they may toil A union worker could see the rising sun Long before the mills closed down this was the center of the storm The beacon for the way things could be The eight-hour day, worker's compensation Health care and social security (Chorus) Letras de cancionesNow some would say our enemies Are the hungry children in the mills of Mexico But I say if the robber barons can move their business away Then that is where the union needs to go 'Cause here the mills have come and gone And what once appeared to be foundations, turned out to be a rug Pulled out from underneath us Like someone turning on the lights, then pulling out the plug Because there was a time we organized Workers from every corner of the earth, throughout this entire nation At that time many said it couldn't be done But we rose to meet the situation And now some will say it can't be done For the labor movement to be a global fight And those are the people who have forgotten That the workers of the world must unite (Chorus) From Letras Mania