Daniel Alan Baker

D A D
Daniel Alan Baker came back from the war
G D A
He’d seen the bloody oil fields, and what we were fighting for
D A D
And the terror of the occupation over in Iraq
G D Bm
So he walked away from the army when they tried to send him back
A G D
Just following his orders would mean a lifetime of disgrace
A D A
He laid down the White Man’s burden to rejoin the human race
D A D
He had made a promise to defend the people of this land,
G D A
But the threat is here at home, in the ruling class’s hands.

Chorus:
G D
When they say put your hands up, we’ve got to stand up
G D A
And we’ll fight to hold our ground, if that’s how it’s got to be
G D
Keeping watch around the fire for the ones behind the wire
D A Bm
Daniel fought for freedom and we’ll fight to set him free

When Syria exploded, when the dam of war had broke
And the state that they called ISIS, came rising from the smoke
A monster born from decades of the wars across the sea
to help protect the people, Daniel joined the YPG
He trained with them in Rojava, with the skills the army taught, 
No more a tool of empire, but for battles to be fought
To defend a revolution that grew out of the ash
When the world turned it back, Daniel charged into the clash

Chorus

When Trump lost the election, he peddled his Big Lie
And he told his black and yellow shirts to stand back and stand by
He swore he would go out with not a whimper, but a roar
And his goons broke down the windows to invade the senate floor
The violence they had wrought in other lands and in our streets
Now they hurled at the Congress, to reverse their don’s defeat
The police let them leave, and just arrested a few men
But the Right had tasted power, and they swore they’d try again

Chorus

In the streets of Tallahassee, lurked the shadow of the Klan,
And each state capitol was targeted in the coup supporters’ plan
Daniel knew that fascism was Empire come back home
And he knew the storms were gathering around the capitol dome
So he printed out a flyer, to raise the people in alarm
And like the Right had done so many times, he made the call to arms
But the cops and Klan are hand in hand- they soon had Daniel caught
They called him a terrorist for fighting back when they would not

Chorus

Daniel Alan Baker is sitting in a cell
While the fascists are in Congress and in uniform as well
Another POW in our growing Years of Lead
A three way fight between the White, the Blue, and the Red
No government fights fascism to bury it for good
They need the Klan to be their terror, lurking underneath the hood
No one else can stop it for us, so together we will stand
And we’ll free our captured friends to take the future in our hands

Chorus