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Vanguard
David Rovics

Worker's World says that they have all the answers
And Milosevic is a guy that they admire
The ISO says Trotsky is the man
And they'll debate it until they all expire
The industrial workers will lead the revolution
So claims the SWP
No, the truth lies among the lumpen
That's the RCP

The Sparts say the rest can go to hell
And everyone else is a Stalinist
The CP will just do their thing
And pretend the others don't exist
Well I had a realization this morning
When I looked into the red and dawning sun
I've figured out the truth
And I'm forming a party of one

I am the leader of the workers
And I'll tell you why the Left is suspect
Because there's something you don't understand
Only my line is correct
'Cause I am the vanguard of the masses
And all of you should just follow me
If you doubt my analysis
You must be in the petty bourgeoisie

But I am not sectarian
It's all the rest who are
I work fine in coalitions
As long as I'm the shining star
So bow down to your master
The latest V.I. Lenin
And off to the camps to all of you
Who'd say, Not this again

I am the leader of the workers
And I'll tell you why the Left is suspect
Because there's something you don't understand
Only my line is correct
'Cause I am the vanguard of the masses
And all of you should just follow me
If you doubt my analysis
You must be in the petty bourgeoisie

And I'll have no music at my protests
And none of that goddamn puppetry
I'll just have some somber slogans
No decadent frivolity
My chants will be the right ones
Just the ones that should be said
And my banners we'll wave proudly
Just the proper shade of red

And I will build the party if it kills me
I am solely dedicated to the cause
If I have to stab you in the back
This won't give me pause
'Cause my platform will take us forward
And the ends always justify the means
And you must step aside behind me
Be you Quakers, Jews, anarchists or greens

I am the leader of the workers
And I'll tell you why the Left is suspect
Because there's something you don't understand
Only my line is correct
'Cause I am the vanguard of the masses
And all of you should just follow me
If you doubt my analysis
You must be in the petty bourgeoisie


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  Alaska   All the Ghosts that Walk this Earth   Ballad of a Cluster Bomb   Battle of Blair Mountain   Behind That Gate   Behind the Barricades   Benton Harbor   Best Democracy Money Can Buy   Bomb Ourselves   Butcher for Hire   By the Time They Nuke DC   Cannabis Cafe   Children of Jerusalem   Contras, Kings and Generals   Crashing Down   Deadhead in Prison   Death of Rachel Corrie   DU   Evening News   From Kabul to Khartoum   Ghost Dance Lullaby   Global Warming Song   Glory and Fame   Good Kurds, Bad Kurds   Halliburton Boardroom Massacre   Hang a Flag in the Window   Here at the End of the World   Hiroshima   I Have Seen the Enemy   I Remember Warsaw   If I Die Tomorrow   In One World   International Terrorists   IRV   Jenin   King David   Korea   Love Song for the Cops   Make It So   Merry Christmas, Mr. Meyers   Miami   Minimum Wage Strike   Minnesota Gezstapo   Morning at Minnehaha   Moron   New Orleans   Next Attack   No One is Illegal   Occupation   One Night in Greece   Operation Iraqi Liberation (O.I.L.)   Oppositional Defiant Disorder   Outside Agitator   Palestine   Parking Lots and Strip Malls   Pirate Radio Song   Pirate Song   Polyamory Song   Pray for the Dead and Fight Like Hell for the...   Promised Land   Punk Rock Baby   Reichstag Fire   Resistance   Return   Rinky Dink Song   Roller Coaster Train   Shut Them Down   Sit Down to Piss   So Many Years Ago   Soldier on the Bum   Song for Ana Belen Montes   Song for Basra   Song for Big Mountain   Song for Boxcar Betty   Song for Eric   Song for Hugh Thompson   Song for My Broken Heart   Song for the BBB   Song for the ELF   Song for the SOA   Song for the SOA #2   Song the Songbird Sings   Stranded   Strike a Blow Against the Empire   T-Stop Cafe   Tennessee   Terror in the Skies   The Alligator Song   The Bicycle Song   The Bluegrass Fiddler   The Death of David Chain   The Flag Desecration Rag   The Jewel of Bucharest   The Key   The Lowell Factory Girl   The Saint Patrick Battalion   The Village Where Nothing Happened   The War is Over   Times Gone By   Too Proud to Beg   Trading with the Enemy   Trafalgar Square   Unrequited Love Song   Used to be a City   We Are Everywhere   We Just Want the World   Welcome to the European Union   What if You Knew   Who Will Tell the People

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