Glory and Fame
David Rovics

I pulled the stones for the emperor,
Stacked 'em up and made that wall
I thought, a mountain lasts forever
But the rain must always fall
I worked the mines in Chile
For conquistador
Died there in the pitshaft,
Joined my family with the ore
I tapped the trees for Leopold,
And then he took my hands
The sap sailed to Brussels
And my blood stained the lands
I cut down the sugar cane
On the islands off the coast
Oh but the sweet taste of freedom
Is the stuff I love the most

Tell me who am I
Do you know my name
Will I lie forgotten
Or arise in glory and fame

I fought with Poncho Villa,
Stood with him side by side
When the Bluecoats took the land,
I thought how long is freedom's ride
I was there at Haymarket
With the martyrs eight
For striking in Chicago,
Death would have to be my fate
I cut the timber in Centralia,
Nearly broke my back
Tried to organize a union
And they tied me to the tracks
I fought in Barcelona,
Kept the fascists there at bay
Then when Hitler's tanks came rolling in,
I knew we couldn't stay

Tell me who am I
Do you know my name
Will I lie forgotten
Or arise in glory and fame

I mined the ore in Arizona,
Last of the Navajo
Got the radium a-glowin'
Then it was time for me to go
I marched in South Africa,
Found myself in Sharpeville
Once the police came and went
I was lying oh so still
I campaigned for Allende
For a nation without fear
Didn't look behind me
For the day I'd disappear
I spoke at Tienanmen
To revive the revolution
Didn't think for Deng Xiaoping,
Rolling tanks were his solution

Tell me who am I
Do you know my name
Will I lie forgotten
Or arise in glory and fame

I grew the mangoes in Somalia
For the people in the west
And when the price for fruit went down,
I went down starving with the rest
I worked the plant in Bangkok,
Breathed the dusty air
When the cotton started burning,
I knew my life would not be spared
The cops beat me in Los Angeles
But I would not be scared
When they sent the Army in,
I thought next time we'll be prepared
Yes I've been yearning for a new day,
All the world wide
Someday my time will come
And you will have to step aside

Tell me who am I
Do you know my name
Will I lie forgotten
Or arise in glory and fame


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  Alaska   All the Ghosts that Walk this Earth   Ballad of a Cluster Bomb   Battle of Blair Mountain   Behind That Gate   Behind the Barricades   Benton Harbor   Best Democracy Money Can Buy   Bomb Ourselves   Butcher for Hire   By the Time They Nuke DC   Cannabis Cafe   Children of Jerusalem   Contras, Kings and Generals   Crashing Down   Deadhead in Prison   Death of Rachel Corrie   DU   Evening News   From Kabul to Khartoum   Ghost Dance Lullaby   Global Warming Song   Good Kurds, Bad Kurds   Halliburton Boardroom Massacre   Hang a Flag in the Window   Here at the End of the World   Hiroshima   I Have Seen the Enemy   I Remember Warsaw   If I Die Tomorrow   In One World   International Terrorists   IRV   Jenin   King David   Korea   Love Song for the Cops   Make It So   Merry Christmas, Mr. Meyers   Miami   Minimum Wage Strike   Minnesota Gezstapo   Morning at Minnehaha   Moron   New Orleans   Next Attack   No One is Illegal   Occupation   One Night in Greece   Operation Iraqi Liberation (O.I.L.)   Oppositional Defiant Disorder   Outside Agitator   Palestine   Parking Lots and Strip Malls   Pirate Radio Song   Pirate Song   Polyamory Song   Pray for the Dead and Fight Like Hell for the...   Promised Land   Punk Rock Baby   Reichstag Fire   Resistance   Return   Rinky Dink Song   Roller Coaster Train   Shut Them Down   Sit Down to Piss   So Many Years Ago   Soldier on the Bum   Song for Ana Belen Montes   Song for Basra   Song for Big Mountain   Song for Boxcar Betty   Song for Eric   Song for Hugh Thompson   Song for My Broken Heart   Song for the BBB   Song for the ELF   Song for the SOA   Song for the SOA #2   Song the Songbird Sings   Stranded   Strike a Blow Against the Empire   T-Stop Cafe   Tennessee   Terror in the Skies   The Alligator Song   The Bicycle Song   The Bluegrass Fiddler   The Death of David Chain   The Flag Desecration Rag   The Jewel of Bucharest   The Key   The Lowell Factory Girl   The Saint Patrick Battalion   The Village Where Nothing Happened   The War is Over   Times Gone By   Too Proud to Beg   Trading with the Enemy   Trafalgar Square   Unrequited Love Song   Used to be a City   Vanguard   We Are Everywhere   We Just Want the World   Welcome to the European Union   What if You Knew   Who Will Tell the People

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