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From sagging huts up in the hills, We watched the tourists flash their bills. They piled our harvest on their plates, While soup and scraps were all we ate. The flames lick up from garbage cans, Burnt brown like every working man, Who shouts or sings or mutters low Of the calluses that come and go. They toss in straw, more flames shoot up To light the faces, hewn and rough, that need a creed, some faith to hold; to make their insides proud and bold. Right then and there, I stand to speak. I will not play the lamb so meek. The time has come to take back ours from the wealthy dogs with fat cigars. First cans, then cars, we overturn. Now the boulevard begins to burn.. The fools shoot back, forget the cost, The naked rage must not be lost. We win ourselves some new recruits, Some young; some old; some simply brutes; I do not care where they heard the call. The revolution now will need them all. Our cause will die if all stays calm, So I send out Juan with sweaty palms. He won't come back, farewell, my friend. Your blood will flow for greater ends. Worn out, weary, our morale grows thin. The feeling grows that we can not win. We need more guns than we can steal, But we do have one crop we can deal. The rifles have arrived now. Good! Excited now, they crack the wood. My loathing of red, white and blue, is spreading like the jungle flu. Their army scatters, their leaders flee. We've brought the country to it's knees. With the capitol dead in our sights, We'll soon assert the people's rights. The grainy film does not portray That it was a picture perfect day. My second stands there, smart and trim. It might pay to keep an eye on him. We march them out in single file. No need to bother with a trial. Their baggy shirts and peasant lies Betray them all as filthy spies. Yes, the people had decreed this so, I speak for them so I should know. Your crimes have brought you here to die. The people speak through me. Goodbye! Their bodies jump in crimson leaps, then tumble down in tangled heaps. Scarlet skulls and splintered chests, They'll surely air this in the West. Bulldoze the bones and spread the lime, For we all are on the side of time. And tonight, we gather in the square. Their blood has paid my ruling fare.
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