Frank Turner - Sons of Liberty lyrics

Once an honest man could go
From sunrise to it's set
Without encountering agents of his
State or government
But a sorry cloud of tyranny
Has fallen across the land
Brought on by the hollow men
Who did not understand
That for centuries our forefathers have
Fought and often died
To keep themselves unto themselves
To fight the rising tide
That if in the smallest battles
We surrender to the state
We enter in a darkness whence
We never shall escape

When they raise their hands up
Our lives to possess
To know our souls, to drag us down
We'll resist

Wat Tyler led the people in 1381
To meet the king at Smithfield
To issue this demand
That Winchester's should be the only
Law across the land
The law of old King Alfred's time
Of free and honest men
'Cause the people then they understood
What we have since forgot
That the government will only work
For it's own benefit
And I'd rather stand up naked
Against the elements alone
Than give the hollow men the right
To enter in my home

When they raise their hands up
Our lives to possess
To know our souls, to drag us down
We'll resist

Stand up, sons of liberty
And fight for what you own
Stand up, sons of liberty, and fight
Fight for your homes
Stand up, sons of liberty
And fight for what you own
Stand up, sons of liberty, and fight
Fight for your homes
Stand up, sons of liberty
And fight for what you own
Stand up, sons of liberty, and fight
Fight for your homes
Stand up, sons of liberty
And fight for what you own
Stand up, sons of liberty, and fight
Fight for your homes

So if ever a man should ask you
For your business or your name
Tell him to go and fuck himself
Tell his friends to do the same
'Cause a man who'd trade his liberty
For a safe and dreamless sleep
Doesn't deserve the both of them
And neither shall he keep