when we were young (2)

Steven Welzer
1 min readDec 11, 2023

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Volunteers of Amerika (1969)

Look what’s happening out in the streets (got a revolution)
Hey, I’m dancing down the street (got a revolution)
Ain’t it amazing all the people I meet? (got a revolution)

One generation got old
One generation got soul
This generation got no destination to hold
Pick up the cry!

Hey, now it’s time for you and me (got a revolution)
Hey, come on now we’re marching to the sea (got a revolution)

We’re Volunteers of Amerika, Volunteers of Amerika.

All your private property is target for your enemy
And your enemy is … we …

We are all outlaws in the eyes of Amerika.
In order to survive we steal
… cheat, lie, forge, fuck, hide, and deal.
We are obscene, lawless, hideous, dangerous, dirty, violent …

And young.

We should be together
Come on all you people standin’ around
Our life’s too fine to let it die
We should be together

We must begin here and now
A new continent of earth and fire
Tear down the wall
Tear down the wall
Won’t you try?

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Steven Welzer
Steven Welzer

Written by Steven Welzer

A Green Party activist, Steve was an original co-editor of DSA’s “Ecosocialist Review.” He now serves on the Editorial Board of the New Green Horizons webzine.

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