Union Songs
No Blood For Oil
A song by Jim Lesses©2003, All Rights Reserved- [play]
You burn the truth at midnight; The flames light up the sky.
You stand around and warm your hands, and watch our freedoms die.
You start your wars for Mammon; For capital and greed;
Start your wars for land and oil, and watch our children bleed.Chorus
No blood for oil! No oil for your 'freedom',
Your freedom is worthless; When you pay with our lives.
No blood for oil! No oil for your 'freedom',
Your freedom is worthless; When you pay with our lives.You shackle us with terror; You blind us all with fear.
And all the while you tear away, at all that we hold dear.
Turn neighbour against neighbour; Breed hate beneath the sun.
Smash our doors; start your wars, with bible and with gun.Chorus
Bridge
And all around the world, the calls for peace crash in like waves,
But you ignore our very cries, and send us to our graves.Intrumental Break
Chorus
No blood for oil! No oil for your 'freedom',
Your freedom is worthless; When you pay with our lives.
No blood for oil! No oil for your 'freedom',
Your freedom is worthless; When you pay with our lives.Coda: No Blood For Oil!
Notes
Many thanks to Jim Lesses for permission to add this song to the Union Songs collection. Visit Jim's website at: http://www.jimlesses.com
union songs..........a selection by mark gregory