Lyrics and translation Billy Bragg - Which Side Are You On (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
This
government
had
an
idea
Ce
gouvernement
a
eu
une
idée
The
Parliament
made
it
law
Le
Parlement
en
a
fait
une
loi
Seems
like
it's
illegal
Il
semble
que
ce
soit
illégal
To
fight
for
the
Union
any
more
De
se
battre
pour
l'Union
plus
longtemps
And
which
side
are
you
on,
boys?
Et
de
quel
côté
es-tu,
mon
garçon
?
Which
side
are
you
on?
De
quel
côté
es-tu
?
Which
side
are
you
on,
boys?
De
quel
côté
es-tu,
mon
garçon
?
Which
side
are
you
on?
De
quel
côté
es-tu
?
We
set
out
to
join
the
picket
lines
Nous
sommes
partis
pour
rejoindre
les
piquets
de
grève
For
together
we
cannot
fail
Car
ensemble,
nous
ne
pouvons
pas
échouer
We
got
stopped
by
police
at
the
county
line
Nous
avons
été
arrêtés
par
la
police
à
la
frontière
du
comté
They
said,
"Go
home,
boys
or
you're
going
to
jail"
Ils
ont
dit
: "Rentrez
chez
vous,
les
garçons,
ou
vous
allez
en
prison"
And
which
side
are
you
on,
boys?
Et
de
quel
côté
es-tu,
mon
garçon
?
Which
side
are
you
on?
De
quel
côté
es-tu
?
Which
side
are
you
on,
boys?
De
quel
côté
es-tu,
mon
garçon
?
Which
side
are
you
on?
De
quel
côté
es-tu
?
Well,
it's
hard
to
explain
to
a
crying
child
Eh
bien,
c'est
difficile
d'expliquer
à
un
enfant
qui
pleure
Why
her
Daddy
won't
go
back
Pourquoi
son
papa
ne
revient
pas
So
the
family
suffer
but
it
hurts
me
more
Alors
la
famille
souffre,
mais
ça
me
fait
encore
plus
mal
To
hear
a
scab
say,?
Sod
you,
Jack?
D'entendre
un
briseur
de
grève
dire
: "Va
te
faire
voir,
Jack
?"
Which
side
are
you
on,
boys?
De
quel
côté
es-tu,
mon
garçon
?
Which
side
are
you
on?
De
quel
côté
es-tu
?
Which
side
are
you
on,
boys
De
quel
côté
es-tu,
mon
garçon
?
Which
side
are
you
on?
De
quel
côté
es-tu
?
Well,
I'm
bound
to
follow
my
conscience
Eh
bien,
je
suis
obligé
de
suivre
ma
conscience
And
I'll
do
whatever
I
can
Et
je
ferai
tout
ce
que
je
peux
But
it'll
take
much
more
than
the
Union
law
Mais
il
faudra
beaucoup
plus
que
la
loi
syndicale
To
knock
the
fight
out
of
a
working
man
Pour
enlever
le
combat
à
un
travailleur
And
which
side
are
you
on,
boys?
Et
de
quel
côté
es-tu,
mon
garçon
?
Which
side
are
you
on?
De
quel
côté
es-tu
?
Which
side
are
you
on,
boys?
De
quel
côté
es-tu,
mon
garçon
?
Which
side
are
you
on?
De
quel
côté
es-tu
?
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1
The Milkman of Human Kindness
2 Nicaragua Nicarguita
3 Blake's Jerusalem
4 The Marching Song of the Covert Battalions
5 I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night
6 The Internationale
7 Hold the Fort
8 Only Bad Signs
9 A Nurse's Life Is Full of Woe
10 Greetings To the New Brunette (Demo)
11 The Clashing of Ideologies (Alternative Version)
12 Wishing the Days Away (Alternative Version)
13 The Tracks of My Tears
14 There Is Power In a Union (Instrumental)
15 Deportees
16 Sin City
17 The Home Front
18 The Warmest Room
19 The Passion
20 Wishing the Days Away
21 The Red Flag
22 My Youngest Son Came Home Today
23 Introduction (Live)
24 Help Save the Youth of America (Live)
25 Between the Wars (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
26 There Is Power In a Union (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
27 A Lover Sings (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
28 The Milkman of Human Kindness (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
29 The Saturday Boy (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
30 Jeane (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
31 Which Side Are You On (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
32 It Says Here (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
33 The Marriage (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
34 Help Save the Youth of America
35 From a Vauxhall to a Velox (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
36 A Change Is Gonna Come
37 Never Cross a Picket Line
38 This Land Is Your Land
39 Joe Hill
40 There is Power In a Union (With the Pattersons) [Alternative Version]
41 To Have and to Have Not - Live
42 Days Like These (DC Remix)
43 Chile Your Waters Run Red Through Soweto (Live)
44 Think Again (Live)
45 A Miner's Life
46 To Have and to Have Not (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
47 There Is Power in a Union
48 Levi Stubbs' Tears
49 Love Gets Dangerous
50 It Says Here
51 Fear Is a Man's Best Friend
52 A13, Trunk Road to the Sea
53 The Man in the Iron Mask (Alternative Version)
54 The Cloth (2)
55 Love Gets Dangerous (Alternative Version)
56 This Guitar Says Sorry (Alternative Version)
57 Loving You Too Long
58 Speedway Hero
59 Love Lives Here
60 The Cloth (1)
61 Strange Things Happen (Alternative Version)
62 Lovers Town Revisited
63 The Busy Girl Buys Beauty
64 The Man in the Iron Mask
65 A New England
66 Richard
67 To Have and to Have Not
68 The Myth of Trust
69 From a Vauxhall Velox
70 The Saturday Boy
71 Island of No Reurn
72 Ideology
73 The Marriage
74 Train Train
75 Greetings to the New Brunette
76 The World Turned Upside Down
77 Between the Wars
78 It Says Here (Alternative Version)
79 Which Side Are You On
80 A Lover Sings (Alternative Version)
81 Honey, I'm a Big Boy Now
82 Back To The Old House
83 You Got The Power
84 Talking Wag Club Blues
85 Won't Talk About It
86 It Must Be A River
87 A Lover Sings
88 Strange Things Happen
89 This Guitar Says Sorry
90 Like Solders Do
91 St. Swithin's Day
92 The Last Time
2 Nicaragua Nicarguita
3 Blake's Jerusalem
4 The Marching Song of the Covert Battalions
5 I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night
6 The Internationale
7 Hold the Fort
8 Only Bad Signs
9 A Nurse's Life Is Full of Woe
10 Greetings To the New Brunette (Demo)
11 The Clashing of Ideologies (Alternative Version)
12 Wishing the Days Away (Alternative Version)
13 The Tracks of My Tears
14 There Is Power In a Union (Instrumental)
15 Deportees
16 Sin City
17 The Home Front
18 The Warmest Room
19 The Passion
20 Wishing the Days Away
21 The Red Flag
22 My Youngest Son Came Home Today
23 Introduction (Live)
24 Help Save the Youth of America (Live)
25 Between the Wars (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
26 There Is Power In a Union (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
27 A Lover Sings (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
28 The Milkman of Human Kindness (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
29 The Saturday Boy (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
30 Jeane (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
31 Which Side Are You On (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
32 It Says Here (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
33 The Marriage (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
34 Help Save the Youth of America
35 From a Vauxhall to a Velox (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
36 A Change Is Gonna Come
37 Never Cross a Picket Line
38 This Land Is Your Land
39 Joe Hill
40 There is Power In a Union (With the Pattersons) [Alternative Version]
41 To Have and to Have Not - Live
42 Days Like These (DC Remix)
43 Chile Your Waters Run Red Through Soweto (Live)
44 Think Again (Live)
45 A Miner's Life
46 To Have and to Have Not (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
47 There Is Power in a Union
48 Levi Stubbs' Tears
49 Love Gets Dangerous
50 It Says Here
51 Fear Is a Man's Best Friend
52 A13, Trunk Road to the Sea
53 The Man in the Iron Mask (Alternative Version)
54 The Cloth (2)
55 Love Gets Dangerous (Alternative Version)
56 This Guitar Says Sorry (Alternative Version)
57 Loving You Too Long
58 Speedway Hero
59 Love Lives Here
60 The Cloth (1)
61 Strange Things Happen (Alternative Version)
62 Lovers Town Revisited
63 The Busy Girl Buys Beauty
64 The Man in the Iron Mask
65 A New England
66 Richard
67 To Have and to Have Not
68 The Myth of Trust
69 From a Vauxhall Velox
70 The Saturday Boy
71 Island of No Reurn
72 Ideology
73 The Marriage
74 Train Train
75 Greetings to the New Brunette
76 The World Turned Upside Down
77 Between the Wars
78 It Says Here (Alternative Version)
79 Which Side Are You On
80 A Lover Sings (Alternative Version)
81 Honey, I'm a Big Boy Now
82 Back To The Old House
83 You Got The Power
84 Talking Wag Club Blues
85 Won't Talk About It
86 It Must Be A River
87 A Lover Sings
88 Strange Things Happen
89 This Guitar Says Sorry
90 Like Solders Do
91 St. Swithin's Day
92 The Last Time
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