Текст песни: Bidder 70 + перевод

Down in West Virginia the old timers know

How corporations traded miners lives for coal

Now the work is safer but the mountain tops are gone

Those riches from the ground never hang around too long

The violence cast a shadow that rises from the stones

Fills the empty hollers of Logan and Mingo

You can hear the echo of those «red neck» union boys

«We're not looking for your mercy. No!

We’re asking you to join!»

A native of that country he came out west to school

Worked with troubled youth, helped them learn to keep the rules

But some rules were made for breaking and he thought the world should know

About an insider auction for oil and gas and coal

He walked into that room and he looked them in the eye

Posing as a bidder he raised his hand to buy

Purchased all the land even though he had no coin

He wasn’t looking out for mercy. No!

He was there to Join!

The greasy wheels of justice, the powerful elite

Hauled him into court, an example, they thought, in defeat

He answered in a voice that shook the very room

And pledged his dis-allegiance to their rules of ruin

He said «this is what love looks like when laws are in the wrong

The only choice to make is what side you will be on

I’m not afraid to stand against those who destroy

I’m not looking for your mercy. No!

I’m asking you to join!

Will you walk with him?

Will you rise and use your voice?

We’re not looking for your mercy. No!

We’re asking you to Join!

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