Intro: Don't you know | They're talkin' about a revolution It sounds | (like a whisper) | Don't you know | They're talkin' about a revolution It sounds |(like a whisper) verse 1 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 | They're 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, run, run, run Oh I said you better run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run Cuz finally the tables |are starting to turn Talkin' bout a revolution | Cuz finally the tables |are starting to turn | Talkin' bout a revolution oh no | Talkin' bout a revolution ooh verse 2 I've been 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 | Outro Don't you know | They're talkin' about a revolution It sounds | (like a whisper) | And finally the tables | are starting to turn | Talkin' bout a revolution | Yes finally the tables are starting to turn | Talkin' bout a revolution oh no | Talkin' bout a revolution oh no | Talkin' bout a revolution oh no