Which Side Are You On?

Oh my mother never taught me how to play guitar or write songs Never taught me about was right never taught what me was One thing that she taught me before she left me behind Is that you never want to cross that unions picket line Which side are you on boy Which side are you on Which side are you on boy Which side are you on Which side are you on boy Which side are you on My mother took me to the mine where the workers were on strike The company had brought in scabs to break the unions fight That policeman asked my mother to please step aside She threw her fist and every rock around her she could find Which side are you on boy Which side are you on Which side are you on boy Which side are you on Which side are you on boy Which side are you on Ludlow Colorado 1914 We can thank Teddy Roosevelt and Rockefeller for killing twenty in their sleep Those soldiers following orders those miners fighting for their rights Those soldiers didn't know those miners had more that shovels and knifes Which side are you on boy Which side are you on Which side are you on boy Which side are you on Which side are you on boy Which side are you on They say in Harlan county there are no neutrals there You'll either be a union man or a thug for J.H. Blair So come all good workers take it how you can Will you be a dirty scab or will yo be a man Which side are you on boy Which side are you on Which side are you on boy Which side are you on Which side are you on boy Which side are you on Which side are you on boy Which side are you on Which side are you on boy Which side are you on Which side are you on boy Which side are you on