The Picketline Song by Evan Greer Lyrics
Oh, I would never walk across the picket line!
“Solidarity forever” don’t mean just sometimes
So long live the union!
Cross my heart and hope to die
If I should ever walk across the picket line!
Well my mother never told me what was right or what was wrong
She never taught me to play guitar; never taught me to write songs
One thing that she taught me I’ll remember for all time
And that’s that you should never walk across the picket line
Oh, I would never walk across the picket line!
“Solidarity forever” don’t mean just sometimes
So long live the union!
Cross my heart and hope to die
If I should ever walk across the picket line!
She took me to a factory where the workers were on strike
The company had called in scabs to break the union’s might
My mom went to the front, and she addressed those greedy swine
Said “I dare any of you men to walk across this picket line!”
Oh, I would never walk across the picket line!
“Solidarity forever” don’t mean just sometimes
So long live the union!
Cross my heart and hope to die
If I should ever walk across the picket line!
Well one of them came forward, and he had something to say:
“No woman will stand between me and one day’s pay!
I don’t care ‘bout the others; I am taking what is mine!”
With that, he tried to walk across our picket line
Oh, I would never walk across the picket line!
“Solidarity forever” don’t mean just sometimes
So long live the union!
Cross my heart and hope to die
If I should ever walk across the picket line!
My mom called him a dirty scab, gave him two pieces of her mind
She picked up and she threw every rock that she could find
And when he called the cops on her she kicked his behind, and said:
“That’s what you get when you walk across a union’s picket line!”
Oh, I would never walk across the picket line!
“Solidarity forever” don’t mean just sometimes
So long live the union!
Cross my heart and hope to die
If I should ever walk across the picket line!
To this day I can remember what my momma used to say:
“We’re fighting for a better world, not just for better pay!
And if we stick together then we’ll win this fight in time
As long as we don’t walk across each other’s picket lines!”
Oh, I would never walk across the picket line!
“Solidarity forever” don’t mean just sometimes
So long live the union!
Cross my heart and hope to die
If I should ever walk across the picket line!
“Solidarity forever” don’t mean just sometimes
So long live the union!
Cross my heart and hope to die
If I should ever walk across the picket line!
Well my mother never told me what was right or what was wrong
She never taught me to play guitar; never taught me to write songs
One thing that she taught me I’ll remember for all time
And that’s that you should never walk across the picket line
Oh, I would never walk across the picket line!
“Solidarity forever” don’t mean just sometimes
So long live the union!
Cross my heart and hope to die
If I should ever walk across the picket line!
She took me to a factory where the workers were on strike
The company had called in scabs to break the union’s might
My mom went to the front, and she addressed those greedy swine
Said “I dare any of you men to walk across this picket line!”
Oh, I would never walk across the picket line!
“Solidarity forever” don’t mean just sometimes
So long live the union!
Cross my heart and hope to die
If I should ever walk across the picket line!
Well one of them came forward, and he had something to say:
“No woman will stand between me and one day’s pay!
I don’t care ‘bout the others; I am taking what is mine!”
With that, he tried to walk across our picket line
Oh, I would never walk across the picket line!
“Solidarity forever” don’t mean just sometimes
So long live the union!
Cross my heart and hope to die
If I should ever walk across the picket line!
My mom called him a dirty scab, gave him two pieces of her mind
She picked up and she threw every rock that she could find
And when he called the cops on her she kicked his behind, and said:
“That’s what you get when you walk across a union’s picket line!”
Oh, I would never walk across the picket line!
“Solidarity forever” don’t mean just sometimes
So long live the union!
Cross my heart and hope to die
If I should ever walk across the picket line!
To this day I can remember what my momma used to say:
“We’re fighting for a better world, not just for better pay!
And if we stick together then we’ll win this fight in time
As long as we don’t walk across each other’s picket lines!”
Oh, I would never walk across the picket line!
“Solidarity forever” don’t mean just sometimes
So long live the union!
Cross my heart and hope to die
If I should ever walk across the picket line!