Vanzetti's Rock - Woody Guthrie

I’m standin' on the rock, Vanzetti

Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti

Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti

Where men like you have stood

I see the tourists, Vanzetti

Around your Plymouth Rock

Black glasses, sun goggles, an' glasses

Smoked glasses to block out the light

I see 'em come here as you’ve seen 'em

I see lots more than you saw

I see 'em in fast running cars

You seen 'em in wagons and carts

I’m standin' on the rock, Vanzetti

Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti

Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti

Where men like you have stood

These tourists don’t see you, Vanzetti

The salesmen and gamblers' on tour

Your footprints are dim an' your trail has sprung weeds

An' their tourist map don’t show you there

The trade union workers, Vanzetti

Will vacation here and will tour

This rock, an' this town, an' Plymouth around

When statues have souls like yours

I’m standin' on the rock, Vanzetti

Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti

Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti

Where men like you have stood

Your picture is painted, Vanzetti

Your words are carved 'round the frames

Your songs an' your poems an' workin' folks' dreams

Will flame with our greatest of names

Your name I’ll paint on my porters

My streets, my mountains an' shops

Your hopes that you hoped an' the dreams that you dreamt

I’ll see that your work never stops

I’m standin' on the rock, Vanzetti

Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti

Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti

Where men like you have stood

Those talks for the workers, Vanzetti

I’ll chisel 'em down on the rock

I’ll tell every worker to fight like you fought

Like the Pilgrims that docked on this rock

I’ll scatter your words on my waters

To the ships an' the fishes an' gulls

I’ll cast your fish cart in metal so fine

An' push it around this world

I’m standin' on the rock, Vanzetti

Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti

Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti

Where men like you have stood

Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti

Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti

Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti

Where men like you have stood