Break the Line

Wooden Shoe Ramblers version

Chorus: 
Break the line, break the line, ‘cause we’re running out of time
make them fight for every mile, make them fight for every dime
they’re building pipes over the water, every summer’s getting hotter
there’s no compromise, we gotta break the line

From the arctic to the Amazon’s a global climate war 
First Nations on the front line won’t take it anymore
Standing Rock was the beginning- if they want to build Line 3
Before they put it in the ground they’ll have to get through you and me

Chorus

My daddy was a Bolt Weevil, he fought the big CU
And made the towers crumble when the power line came through
He raised me right and proper, so I learned my lesson well
If you want to stop a line you’ve got to blow it straight to hell

chorus

From Duluth to the Red River, the crackdown’s being laid 
Northern Lights will be the iron fist for Enbridge’s crusade 
But North woods is our battle ground, the path ahead is clear
Let our bodies on the line become the spanner in the gears

chorus

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