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When the government's not listening
and the police close their ears
When the children are all starving
and it's bringing you to tears
When the disabled folks are dying
While that monster wears her crown
When they're raising up their nation's flags
It's time to shut them down

When the fascists bring their hatred
and the liberals don't care
When you're fighting in the streets
and there's tear gas everywhere
When you wear your black bandanna
and there's rubble on the ground
When the enemy is in your sights
It's time to shut them down

Shut them down, shut them down
No mercy will be found
Shut them down, shut them down
Organise yourselves and shut them down

When the cars are all on fire
and the mansions are turned to ash
When the bank accounts are useless
and the world runs out of cash
When you take the opportunity
and spin your fate around
When the state attacks your comrades
It's time to shut them down

Shut them down, shut them down
No mercy will be found
Shut them down, shut them down
Organise yourselves and shut them down

When they send the orders, and make the lists
then lock us up in chains
Think of us on the front lines
and our spirits will remain
When the capitalists bring their armies
marching through our town
When you hear the war planes overhead
It's time to shoot them down

Shut them down, shut them down
No mercy will be found
Shut them down, shut them down
Organise yourselves and shut them down

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from The Working Class Revolution EP, released January 8, 2019

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Lee Brickley is a political songwriter from the UK. Please download a song or two and help support independent music!

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