Some kind stranger grows my food Back bent hard in the harvest sun Red is the flag and red the mud Hard songs running in her blood Some kind stranger picks my coffee Back bent deep in the forest heat Green is the flag and green the plant Cold seas running in his heart Some kind stranger sews my clothes Back bent low on the sweatshop row Black is the flag and the smoke of coal Mother's tears running in your soul Mother's tears running in your soul Cold seas running in your heart Hard songs running in your blood Nimble fingers stitching pride Hunger rules the rich divide Red is the blood and black the hole Mother's tears running in your soul Mother's tears running in your soul Cold seas running in your heart Hard songs running in your blood Seabound sailor give us wings Nations end where peace begins Labours end and the soul departs Cold seas running in our hearts Mother's tears running in my soul Cold seas running in my heart Hard songs running in my blood