David Rovics - The common

Fi^Drst you told us only through you could we know God And if we dared to qu^Gestion then He w^Douldn't spare t^Ahe rod For yo^Du we worked the soil, for you we dug the moors For y^Gou we shed our blood and fought so^D many pointles^As wars And n^Gow try to tell us there's^D nothing we c^Aan do You say the wo^Grld around us belongs ^Dfairly to th^Ae few But abo^Dut six billion people n^Ao doubt will agree This w^Gorld is our home,^D not your pro^Aperty

It's the comm^Dons, our right of b^Airth And y^Gou who would enclose the land^D all around th^Ae Earth ^EmOur future is your downfall, when w^Ge cut this ball a^And chain You who'd s^Dacrifice the^G public goo^Ad for your priv^Date gain

^DWith our sweat we built the railroads, built cities on these shores But becau^Gse you own the money you^D say that it's al^Al yours We laid the p^Dhone lines and the pipelines and then right before our eyes You say these th^Gings our taxes paid for you^D now will pr^Aivatize Pr^Divatize the hospitals, p^Arivatize the schools Pri^Gvatize the prisons for all ^Dthose who break you^Ar rules And prep^Daring for the day when^A all the wells run dry You say you o^Gwn the very rain that^D falls down from th^Ae sky

But it's the ^Dcommons, our right ^Aof birth And y^Gou who would enclose the land^D all around th^Ae Earth ^EmOur future is your downfall, when w^Ge cut this ball a^And chain You who'd s^Dacrifice the^G public goo^Ad for your priv^Date gain

^DYou claim to own the harvest with your terminator seeds You cl^Gaim to own the genomes of every ^Danimal that^A breeds You cl^Daim to own our culture and the music that we play And with eac^Gh song we download to your^D coffers we mus^At pay

You would e^Dven own my name and you ^Gsay it's for the best Maybe you'll l^Det us on your radio if our ^Asongs can pass your test Yo^Du own country, you own western, you say you've given us a choice You m^Gay own the airwaves but you'll ^Dnever own my^A voice

It's the comm^Dons, our right of b^Airth And y^Gou who would enclose the land^D all around th^Ae Earth ^EmOur future is your downfall, when w^Ge cut this ball a^And chain You who'd s^Dacrifice the^G public goo^Ad for your priv^Date gain

It's the comm^Dons, our right of b^Airth And y^Gou who would enclose the land^D all around th^Ae Earth ^EmOur future is your downfall, when w^Ge cut this ball a^And chain You who'd s^Dacrifice the^G public goo^Ad for your priv^Date gain