Lyrics

Le vote ne change rien

You can go ahead and cast your ballot for the next despot in line
They say “vote for me and I will ensure that things will change this time”
With a serpentine grin and a wave to the good folk and a camera check at nine
Hope is passed through greasy palms – from the ballot to the welfare line

The media barons and their panels of experts will vie for their favorite jerk
The one who can wear the best P.R. suit while putting you out of work
Can you really believe in trickle down anything unless you are talking misery?
Because anyone who we vest with power will never, ever, ever let us be free

The vote changes nothing!
Le vote ne change rien!

And I say that this is not democracy
And I say that freedom is not an individual thing
We experience it in collectivity
And we’re nothing ’til we take our destiny

I’ve never heard of anything good to come from placing an ‘x’ by a name
Some may say “the bullet or the ballot,” but maybe they’re one in the same
The only worthwhile change comes through struggle, defiance, passion, love and hope
The General Strike, the People Armed – like Newton, Makhno, Durruti and Jones
Ordinary people – change starts and ends with you
and me

The vote changes nothing!
Le vote ne change rien!
The struggle continues!
La lutte continue!