Don't you know, their talkin' about a revolution It sounds like a whisper Don't you know, they're talkin' about a revolution It sounds like a whisper While they're standing in the welfare lines Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation Wasting time in the unemployment lines Sitting around, waiting for a promotion Don't you know, their talkin' about a revolution It sounds like a whisper Poor people gonna rise up and get their share Poor people gonna rise up and take what's theirs Don't you know you better run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run Oh I said you better run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run And finally the tables are starting to turn, talkin' about revolution Yes finally the tables are starting to turn Talkin' about revolution oh no, talkin' about revolution oh no While they're standing in the welfare lines Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation Wasting time in the unemployment lines Sitting around, waiting for a promotion Don't you know, their talkin' about a revolution It sounds like a whisper And finally the tables are starting to turn, talkin' about revolution Yes finally the tables are starting to turn Talkin' about revolution oh no, talkin' about revolution oh no While they're standing in the welfare lines Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation Wasting time in the unemployment lines Sitting around, waiting for a promotion Don't you know, their talkin' about a revolution It sounds like a whisper And finally the tables are starting to turn, talkin' about revolution Yes finally the tables are starting to turn Talkin' about revolution oh no, talkin' about revolution oh no Talkin' about revolution oh no.