It’s Our Turn Lyrics:

Verse 1:

Those who came before us aren’t just blowing in the wind.

Their blood warms the walls of our buildings & the love that we feel for our kin

& when it was their turn they found courage deep within

To unionize and blue the skies from a narcissistic dim

Their life breathes hot & humid in our jaws and through our sweaty skin

They taught us how to do this from the love that they grew within 

& we feel that love even if they lived 600 years before 

& we can feel that yearning of when they

 marched on liberation’s door

Chorus:

It’s our turn _______   to hold the torch

It’s our turn _______ to not feel defeated

It’s our turn _______ and if you’re singing  it out loud you know it’s our turn.

It’s our turn .

Verse 2: 

Before the days of business and bosses the landlords still filed their teeth

Paradise was lost from the commons as the parasites broadened their reach

Revolt, rent strikes, and resistance resounded as the people fought for their way

And they fought for a future that knows about life and decay

While digging in Cobham, and flooding machines of steam in England and Scotland

Sharing an ancient dream that’s witty and cool from the roots of the basement

The greedy sing to the masses but we hold a tune from 400 years before

& we can feel that yearning of when they marched on liberation’s door

Chorus:

It’s our turn _______   to hold the torch

It’s our turn _______ to not feel defeated

It’s our turn _______ to pull out the parasites and celebrate again.

It’s our turn .

Bridge:

Sowing in the growing in the blowing in the wind

Slowing and not knowing how to start and really where to begin

Our ancestors had to learn, to plan and then to affirm

To find the leech to burn, or make them cede to just peace

Chorus (double):

It’s our turn _______   to hold the torch

It’s our turn _______ to not feel defeated

It’s our turn _______ and if you’re singing  it out loud you know it’s our turn.

It’s our turn .

It’s our turn _______   to hold the torch

It’s our turn _______ to not feel defeated

It’s our turn _______ to pull out the parasites and celebrate again.

It’s our turn