Happy Birthday Revolution

Car horns and rumba music Through the city's broken heart Is this the devil's Own back yard It was forty years ago That the gangster he fell To a rag, bag of men The world remembers well Happy Birthday Revolution Happy Birthday Revolution I'm standing here Watching the world fall apart Watching the world fall apart Our leader he was young Gallant and divine It was the age Of blood and romance They shot him in Bolivia No tear did we cry For how many men Can choose the way that they die Happy Birthday Revolution Happy Birthday Revolution I'm standing here Watching the world fall apart Watching the world fall apart We paint him on buildings With sadness in his eyes If we suffer hungry days Then we call it sacrifice Some say his dream is full of holes We have dignity and pride We have independence Or is it just a Yankee lie Happy Birthday Revolution Happy Birthday Revolution I'm standing here Watching the world fall apart Watching the world fall apart Happy Birthday Revolution Happy Birthday Revolution Happy Birthday Revolution Happy Birthday Revolution Happy Birthday Revolution I'm standing here Watching the world fall apart Watching the world fall apart Just watching the world fall apart --- Happy Birthday Revolution - The Levellers