| I’m standin' on the rock, Vanzetti
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| Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti
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| Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti
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| Where men like you have stood
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| I see the tourists, Vanzetti
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| Around your Plymouth Rock
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| Black glasses, sun goggles, an' glasses
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| Smoked glasses to block out the light
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| I see 'em come here as you’ve seen 'em
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| I see lots more than you saw
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| I see 'em in fast running cars
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| You seen 'em in wagons and carts
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| I’m standin' on the rock, Vanzetti
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| Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti
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| Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti
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| Where men like you have stood
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| These tourists don’t see you, Vanzetti
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| The salesmen and gamblers' on tour
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| Your footprints are dim an' your trail has sprung weeds
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| An' their tourist map don’t show you there
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| The trade union workers, Vanzetti
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| Will vacation here and will tour
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| This rock, an' this town, an' Plymouth around
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| When statues have souls like yours
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| I’m standin' on the rock, Vanzetti
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| Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti
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| Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti
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| Where men like you have stood
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| Your picture is painted, Vanzetti
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| Your words are carved 'round the frames
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| Your songs an' your poems an' workin' folks' dreams
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| Will flame with our greatest of names
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| Your name I’ll paint on my porters
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| My streets, my mountains an' shops
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| Your hopes that you hoped an' the dreams that you dreamt
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| I’ll see that your work never stops
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| I’m standin' on the rock, Vanzetti
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| Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti
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| Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti
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| Where men like you have stood
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| Those talks for the workers, Vanzetti
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| I’ll chisel 'em down on the rock
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| I’ll tell every worker to fight like you fought
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| Like the Pilgrims that docked on this rock
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| I’ll scatter your words on my waters
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| To the ships an' the fishes an' gulls
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| I’ll cast your fish cart in metal so fine
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| An' push it around this world
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| I’m standin' on the rock, Vanzetti
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| Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti
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| Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti
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| Where men like you have stood
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| Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti
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| Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti
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| Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti
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| Where men like you have stood |