Raise the Banner Lyrics

Raise me a banner of the deepest black

And let me see it wave

Every city street and every railroad track

For the Days of Love and Rage

Raise me a banner of the people's red

Every farm and every town

For the workers lost, for the blood we bled

And never let it down

It's the same road we've all travelled

From the cradle to the grave

Let me hear the rumble and the rattle

Let the day be today

Let the murmurs run through the marketplace

To the migrant far from home

To the the young girl washing clothes

To the old man breaking stones

You never are alone

It's the same road we've all travelled

From the cradle to the grave

Let me hear the rumble and the rattle

Let the day be today

For the mothers and the daughters who've been shackled from birth

To the working class kids never told of their worth

To the innocent shot dead in the middle of the street

To the voice under the hand that's just been trying to speak

There are other ways to go

There are other roads to take

We don't have to keep on dying for the rich man's mistakes

Reach your hands out to your sisters

To your brothers and your friends

Throw some fuel upon this fire or this night will never end

It's the same road we've all travelled

From the cradle to the grave

Let me hear the rumble and the rattle

Let the day be today

Let the day be today