[Verse]
Come listen to my story, Ian's heart is filled with joy,
Terry's gone and left us and we've got another boy,
I'm not sure what you call him for he's got a fancy name,
There's no sense changing leaders if conditions stay the same.

[Chorus]
So we'll march and we'll demonstrate, picket and sit in,
We're fighting for our civil rights, the struggles just begun,
With promises to many and delivered goods to few,
And promises won't butter bread, whatever else they do.

[Verse]
Uncle Harold, in Westminster, when he heard of Terry's plight,
Decided something must be done to put the matter out,
So he put his troops on standby and he sent his man across,
So what Ian thought was joy for him is really joy for us.

[Chorus]
So we'll march and we'll demonstrate, picket and sit in,
We're fighting for our civil rights, the struggles just begun,
With promises to many and delivered goods to few,
And promises won't butter bread, whatever else they do.

[Verse]
Billy's been a friend to us, the best we've ever had,
Some may tell you otherwise, but he's really not so bad,
When he beat us down in Derry town, they came from every land,
With television cameras, the publicity was grand.

[Chorus]
So we'll march and we'll demonstrate, picket and sit in,
We're fighting for our civil rights, the struggles just begun,
With promises to many and delivered goods to few,
And promises don't butter bread, whatever else they do.

[Verse]
Ronnie is another who has not escaped a dig,
His good name has been slander he's been called a fascist pig,
But be kind to dear old Ronnie and remember by and by,
He's brought us more publicity than a thousand pounds could buy.

[Chorus]
So we'll march and we'll demonstrate, picket and sit in,
We're fighting for our civil rights, the struggles just begun,
We've had promises to many and delivered goods to few,
And promises won't butter bread, whatever else they do.

[Verse]
If you've listened to my story, you'll see I've spoken true,
The CRA has many friends, of which we never knew,
Some have helped us by their speeches, some helped us with their deeds,
But when a cause is just and right it always will succeed.

[Chorus]
So we'll march and we'll demonstrate, picket and sit in,
We're fighting for our civil rights, the struggles just begun,
We've had promises to many and delivered goods to few,
And promises don't butter bread, whatever else they do.