Now listen,
to keep us down,
and days gone by,
you get your revenge card.
And European,
fields of war,
like sheep we rush to guard.
Six-townie men,
have looked to you,
in past and present strife.
Six-townie men,
again have found,
you're betting with their lives.
And you're playing cards with dead men,
but you're losing every hand.
You cheat my people, past and present,
we've lived and died upon this land.
You've used our land, a testing ground,
for ballot box and gun.
You've cut our wages,
and raised our tax,
we're learning one by one.
You've dealt us all, the air and steel,
now come and count the cost.
You've gambled wealth,
democracy,
you've gambled that you've lost.
And you're playing cards with dead men,
but you're losing every hand.
You cheat my people, past and present,
we've lived and died upon this land.