[Intro]



[Verse 1]

Pulitzer and H

earst, they th

ink we're noth

in'
             
Are we nothin'

    
? No!

Pulitzer and H

earst, they th

ink they got u

s
             
Do they got us

    
? No!


[Pre-Chorus]
            
Even though we

          
 ain't got hat

     
s or badges
            
We're a union 

            
just by sayin'

 
 so...
             
And the world 

    
will know!


[Verse 2]

What's it gonn

a take to stop

 the wagons?
             
Are we ready? 

  
Yeah!

What's it gonn

a take to stop

 the scabbers?
             
Can we do it? 

    
Yeah!


[Pre-Chorus]
            
We'll do what 

          
we gotta do un

    
til we
            
Break the will

            
 of mighty Bil

      
l and Joe...
             
And the World 

    
will know!


[Chorus]
            
And the Journa

/ 
l   too!
              
Mr. Hearst and

         
 Pulitzer, hav

        
e we got news 

    
for you!
              
See, the world

       
 don't know, b

             
ut they're gon

 
na   pay
              
'Stead of hawk

           
in' headlines 

          
we'll be makin

         
' 'em today
              
And our ranks 

           
will grow, and

              
 we'll kick th

    
eir rear!
              
And the world 

          
will know that

         
 we've been he

re!


[Verse 3]

When the circu

lation bell st

arts ringin'
             
Will we hear i

     
t? No!

What if the De

lanceys come o

ut swingin'
             
Will we hear i

     
t? No!


[Pre-Chorus]
            
When you got a

          
 hundred voice

  
s singin'
            
Who can hear a

            
 lousy whistle

  
 blow?
             
And the world 

    
will know!


[Chorus]
              
That this ain'

   
t no    game
              
That we got a 

         
ton of rotten 

        
fruit and perf

    
ect aim
             
So they gave t

/         
heir word? Wel

           
l it ain't wor

 
th beans!
              
Now they gonna

         
 see what "sto

            
p the presses"

          
 really means
              
And the old wi

           
ll weep, and g

          
o back to slee

p
              
Now we got no 


choice but to 

see it through

...
              
And we found o

   
ur voice! And 

I lost my shoe

!
              
And the world 

      
will—    Yeah!


[Post-chorus]
            
Pulitzer may o

           
wn the World, 

             
but he don't o

   
wn us
                                            (Pulitzer may own the World, but he don't own us!)
             
Pulitizer may 

          
crack the whip

             
, but he won't

      
 whip us
                                               (Pulitizer may crack the whip, but he won't whip us!)
             
And the world 

    
will know


[Chorus]
           
We been keepin

 
' score
              
Either they gi

           
ves us our rig

            
hts or we give

        
s them a war
              
We've been dow

         
n too long, an

          
d we paid our 

 
 dues
              
And the things

           
 we do today w

           
ill be tomorro

         
w's news
              
And the die is

             
 cast, and the

          
 torch is pass

ed
              
And the roar w

    
ill rise (From

 the streets b

elow!)
              
And our ranks 

     
will grow! (An

d grow! And gr

ow!)
             
And so the wor

         
ld will feel t

            
he fire and fi

      
nally know!


[Post-chorus]
           
Pulitzer may o

           
wn the World, 

             
but he don't o

   
wn us
                                            (Pulitzer may own the World, but he don't own us!)
            
Pulitizer may 

          
crack the whip

         
, but he won't

      
 whip us
                                               (Pulitizer may crack the whip, but he won't whip us!)


[Chorus]
       (   (
So the world s

        
ays no? Well t

        
he kids do    

 
 too
              
Try to walk al

          
l over us, we'

          
ll stomp all o

#   
ver you
              
Can they kick 

       
us   out? Take

       
 away our    v

ote?
              
Will we let th

             
em stuff this 

        
crock o' garba

           
ge down our th

       
roat? No!
           
Everyday we wa

            
it, is a day w

  
e lose
              
And this ain't

     
 for fun, and 

it ain't for s

how
              
And we'll figh

      
t 'em toe to t

oe to toe and 

Joe
          
Your world wil

        
l feel the fir

        
e and final - 

           
ly (finally) k

#     
no   -   -   w

 
!