WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?
WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?
music and lyrics by Florence Reece copyright © 1931
new lyrics by Roy Zimmerman and Melanie Harby copyright © 2025
new lyrics by Roy Zimmerman and Melanie Harby copyright © 2025
I wonder where you're standing
On the great divide
Are you fighting for democracy
Or are you on the other side?
Which side are you on now?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on now?
Which side are you on?
We’re all created equal
That’s self-evidently true
But when you say We the People
Do you mean only those who look like you?
And what will you be doing
On Election Day?
Will you welcome all people in the door
Or be scaring some away?
(chorus)
And what will you be telling
Your grandkids and mine
When they ask what you were doing
When their rights were on the line?
Millions died for freedom
Your rights they died to save
If you march behind a would-be king
It’s like spitting on their grave
(chorus)
Will you fight for freedom?
Will you fight for all you’re worth
So that government of the people, by the people, for the people
Shall not perish from the earth?
(chorus)
On the great divide
Are you fighting for democracy
Or are you on the other side?
Which side are you on now?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on now?
Which side are you on?
We’re all created equal
That’s self-evidently true
But when you say We the People
Do you mean only those who look like you?
And what will you be doing
On Election Day?
Will you welcome all people in the door
Or be scaring some away?
(chorus)
And what will you be telling
Your grandkids and mine
When they ask what you were doing
When their rights were on the line?
Millions died for freedom
Your rights they died to save
If you march behind a would-be king
It’s like spitting on their grave
(chorus)
Will you fight for freedom?
Will you fight for all you’re worth
So that government of the people, by the people, for the people
Shall not perish from the earth?
(chorus)