Which Side Are You On? Lyrics - Billy Bragg

This government had an idea 

And parliament made it law 

It seems like it's illegal 

To fight for the union any more 

Which side are you on, boys? 

Which side are you on? 

Which side are you on, boys? 

Which side are you on? 

We set out to join the picket line 

For together we cannot fail 

We got stopped by police at the county line 

They said, "Go home boys or you're going to jail" 

Which side are you on, boys? 

Which side are you on? 

Which side are you on, boys? 

Which side are you on? 

It's hard to explain to a crying child 

Why her Daddy can't go back 

So the family suffer 

But it hurts me more 

To hear a scab say Sod you, Jack 

Which side are you on, boys? 

Which side are you on? 

Which side are you on, boys 

Which side are you on? 

I'm bound to follow my conscience 

And do whatever I can 

But it'll take much more than the union law 

To knock the fight out of a working man 

Which side are you on, boys? 

Which side are you on? 

Which side are you on, boys? 

Which side are you on?