[Refrain]
Don't ya know
They're talking about a revolution?
It sounds like a whisper
Don't ya know
They're talking about a revolution?
It sounds like a whisper

[Verse]
While they're standing in the welfare lines
Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation
Wasting time in the unemployment lines
Sittin' around waitin' for a promotion

[Refrain]
Don't ya know?
We're talking 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

[Bridge]
Don't ya know you better run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run
Don't ya know you better run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run
[Chorus]
'Cause finally the tables are starting to turn
Talkin' 'bout a revolution, oh no
Finally the tables are starting to turn
I'm talkin' 'bout a revolution, oh no

[Verse]
Standing in the welfare lines
Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation
Wasting time in the unemployment lines
Sittin' around waitin' for a promotion

[Refrain]
Don't ya know?
We're talking about a revolution
It sounds like a whisper

[Chorus]
And finally the tables are starting to turn
I'm talkin' 'bout a revolution, oh no

[Refrain]
Don't ya know?
We're talking about a revolution