(Ruthie Gorton)We'd better listen to the voices from the mountains
Trying to tell us what we just might need to know
'Cause the empire's days are numbered if we're counting
And the people just get stronger blow by blow
We'd better listen when they talk about strip mining
They're gonna turn the rolling hills to acid clay
And if we're preaching all about that silver lining
We'll be preaching till the hills are stripped away
We'd better listen to the cries of the dying miners
We'd better feel the pain of their children and their wives
We gotta stand and fight together for survival
And it's bound to mean a change in all our lives
In explosions or from Black Lung they'll be dying
And the operator's guilty of this crime
And the killing won't be stopped by all our crying
We gotta fight for what we need, let's seize the time
Repeat 1
(as sung by Guy & Candie Carawan)