Like farmers up against the bank, decades fightin’ for their land
workers up against the mill, all day standin’ straight up still
drivers headed for the docks, caught between the road and clock
miners up against the boss, black lungs pumping in the dark
cutting hours at the plant, loss of rent and benefits
with no option left but strike – hard hats on the picket line
single mothers, double shifts, with no healthcare for their kids
I am not unbreakable, but I won’t cry off

Guns Up! – they sell us out, we climb back up
Guns Up! – they cut us down, we find a way
Have heart, friends! Have heart, friends!
Have heart, friends!

Like families up against a loan strive to stay in their homes
bail outs for the CEO – when its us they just foreclose
natives up against police, new world res is wounded knee
still alive to fight Chevron oil rigs in the Amazon
hand to hand for their lives while Nestle claims their water rights
Monsanto sues to own all seeds, poison spray the earth and trees
like villagers against their tanks from Gaza City to West Bank
can’t always bleed, one day we’ll win – New Hymns for an Old War, sing!

Guns Up! Guns Up! can’t always bleed
Guns Up! Guns Up! one day, we’ll win

Guns Up! Guns Up! can’t always bleed
Guns Up! Guns Up! one day, we’ll win

Guns Up! Guns Up! New Hymns, Old War
Guns Up! New Hymns, Sing!

Guns Up! – they sell us out, we climb back up
Guns Up! – they cut us down, we find a way
Have heart ,friends! Have heart, friends!
Have heart, friends!