| You poisoned my sweet water
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| You cut down my green trees
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| The food you fed my children
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| Was the cause of their disease
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| My world is slowly fallin' down
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| And the air’s not good to breathe
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| And those of us who care enough
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| We have to do something…
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| Oh… oh What you gonna do about me?
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| Oh… oh What you gonna do about me?
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| Your newspapers
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| They just put you on
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| They never tell you
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| The whole story
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| They just put your
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| Young ideas down
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| I was wonderin' could this be the end
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| Of your pride and glory?
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| Oh… oh What you gonna do about me?
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| Oh… oh What you gonna do about me?
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| I work in your factory
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| I study in your schools
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| I fill your penitentiaries
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| And your military too!
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| And I feel the future trembling
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| As the word is passed around
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| If you stand up for what you do believe
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| Be prepared to be shot down
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| Oh… oh What you gonna do about me?
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| Oh… oh What you gonna do about me?
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| And I feel like a stranger
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| In the land where I was born
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| And I live like an outlaw
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| And I’m always on the run…
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| And I’m always getting busted
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| And I got to take a stand…
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| I believe the revolution
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| Must be mighty close at hand…
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| Oh… oh What you gonna do about me?
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| Oh… oh What you gonna do about me?
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| I smoke marijuana
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| But I can’t get behind your wars
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| And most of what I do believe
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| Is against most of your laws
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| I’m a fugitive from injustice
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| But I’m goin' to be free
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| 'Cause your rules and regulations
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| They don’t do the thing for me
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| Oh… oh What you gonna do about me?
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| Oh… oh What you gonna do about me?
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| And I feel like a stranger
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| In the land where I was born
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| And I live just like an outlaw
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| And I’m always on the run
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| And though you may be stronger now, my time will come around
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| You keep adding to my numbers, and you shoot my people down
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| Oh… oh What you gonna do about me?
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| Oh… oh What you gonna do about me? |