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Ryan Harvey
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The New Enclosures
At Putney it was spoken 'the commons should be free! And we're ready to defend it if that's how it's gotta be' When the fences were erected these people tore them down With the green flag in the air they built their freedom from the ground
They worked the land in freedom, their freedom from the Earth They had no need to fight each over over what the land was worth They'd share the common goods which we're produced by stem and seed Faith, land and community was all they'd really need
The new enclosures, just like the old
更多更详尽歌词 在 ※ Mojim.com 魔镜歌词网 When the New Model Army stepped across the River Thames They thought they'd found the freedom that they'd pictured in their dreams When King George was beheaded, history cracked But Parliment was scheming, Cromwell stabbed them in the back
They'd built their movement up in the face of Crown and Cross They'd risked their lives for freedom because they knew what could be lost Now they fled into the cities to sell their labor to the rich Or they we're taken off to prison or to the colonies in ships
[Chorus:] The new enclosures, just like the old The culture is destroyed, the people are controlled The new enclosures, the same long goal Privatize the commons, the land is bought and sold
Now you need not look to far to see the colonizer's claws The corporate bankers and politicians hiding behind the laws A global feudal system, the same one as before Bloated now from centuries of slavery and war
Privatizing water, with meters on the pipes Privatizing seeds, with patents and copyrights Manifest Destiny, continuing today They fought so hard in 49 but the virus got away
The new enclosures, just like the old
In Seattle it was spoken 'the commons should be free!' And we're ready to defend it if that's how it's gotta be' When the bankers met to plot their course we we're there to shut them down When they tried to hide their meetings, people followed them around
In 1999 history cracked But the politicians and bankers schemed to hold our power back It didn't take too long for us to meet the ancient fate Crushed by guns and legislation we fell under the weight
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In 1649 the revolution flared It was crushed by the army but it never disappeared 3 1/2 centuries later they're still pushing the plan Seizing livelihoods and cultures from the tillers of the land
Who's got the commons? The people or the state? When they come to crush your movement will you stand or will you break? Who's got the power? What's it gonna take? Who's got the future? That's the call you gotta make
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