You Said You Wanted a Fight

Want you to forget what you've done
want you to forget what you've won
want you to forget you didn't run,
faced the threat, fought and won

Tried to break you with clubs and bullets
you overthrew kings and despots
Want you to forget your history
Turn your memory into mystery

Chorus:

You've been here a thousand times
Crossed a thousand lines
Nothing was ever set right in a night
You said you wanted a fight - so fight!

life on the line for abolition
mobilized against segregation
national strike across america
demanded what's right at Seneca

in the streets you've ended war
unionized, demanded more
From stonewall to keystone
everything you've got you've fought for

Chorus

You've been here a thousand times
Changed a thousand paradigms
Nothing was ever set right in a night
You said you wanted a fight - so fight!

you marched to end apartheid
fought and won Title IX
EPA clean air and streams
organized, you changed regimes

rolled the capital for ADA
won marriage rights the same way
memory means they've already lost
build the pressure, raise the cost

You've been here a thousand times
Changed a thousand minds
Nothing was ever set right in a night
You said you wanted a fight - so fight!