The Internationale (modern Version) - Billy Bragg

Stand up, all victims of oppression 
For the tyrants fear your might 
Don't cling so hard to your possessions 
For you have nothing, if you have no rights 
Let racist ignorance be ended 
For respect makes the empires fall 
Freedom is merely privilege extended 
Unless enjoyed by one and all. 

CHORUS: 
So come brothers and sisters 
For the struggle carries on 
The Internationale 
Unites the world in song 
So comrades come rally 
For this is the time and place 
The international ideal 
Unites the human race 

Let no one build walls to divide us 
Walls of hatred nor walls of stone 
Come greet the dawn and stand beside us 
We'll live together or we'll die alone 
In our world poisoned by exploitation 
Those who have taken, now they must give 
And end the vanity of nations 
We've one but one Earth on which to live 

(Chorus-)

And so begins the final drama 
In the streets and in the fields 
We stand unbowed before their armour 
We defy their guns and shields 
When we fight, provoked by their aggression 
Let us be inspired by life and love 
For though they offer us concessions 
Change will not come from above. 

(Chorus-)