Utah Phillips - Bread and Roses (Live 1983) lyrics

As we come marching
Marching‚ in the beauty of the day
A million darkened kitchens‚ a
Thousand mill-lofts gray
Are brightened by the beauty
A sudden sun discloses
And the people hear us
Singing‚ "Bread and Roses, bread and Roses"

As we come marching, marching‚
We battle, too, for men
For they are in this struggle
And together we can win
Our lives shall not be sweated
From birth until life closes
Hearts can starve as well as bodies: Give
Us Bread‚ but give us Roses

As we come marching, marching
A hundred million dead
Go crying through our singing their
Ancient cry for Bread
Small art and love and beauty
Their grudging spirit's knew
It's Bread we fight for but
We fight for Roses, too
As we come marching, marching
We stand proud and tall
The rising of the women is
The rising of us all
No more the drudge and idler ten
That toil where one reposes
But a sharing of life's
Glories: Bread and Roses, bread and Roses
Bread and Roses