Well there was Kennedy And there was King There was John There was Jim They did come, to teach and sing To save our souls, forgive our sins Just like Jimmy Paired up with Jones So alive in my headphones They did bring, some kind of peace And in a sense of pure release There were others with different ideas Ruled the world with paranoia and fear By the slaughter of a sacred cow To try and herd the supply, cattle, somehow Give the power to the people now Time for us to kill off the soul cash cow Give the power to the people now Time for us to kill off the soul cash cow Power, people, now Power, people, now Power, people, now Power, people Well in came Bob, with a different way Of what the others tried to say And Mr. Marx and Che Wanted every man,to just get paid Like Jesus Christ Whatever he's called To live on, he had to fall Well all he brung Was a brand new peace And in a sense of pure release But there were others with different ideas Ruled the world with paranoia and fear By the slaughter of a sacred cow To try and herd the supply, cattle, somehow Give the power to the people now Time for us to kill off the soul cash cow Give the power to the people now Time for us to kill off the soul cash cow Power, people, now Power, people, now Power, people, now Power, people Well in kicked Lee With a fist of fury Like Ghandi's Silent purity Took out Andy, for his tins of beans A martial art, won it seems It's not omit The suffragettes Like Joan of Arc And a Welsh princess Mama Cass, Marilyn Monroe I had suspicions Now I know But there were others with different ideas Ruled the world with paranoia and fear By the slaughter of a sacred cow To try and herd the supply, cattle, somehow Give the power to the people now Time for us to kill off the soul cash cow Give the power to the people now Time for us to kill off the soul cash cow Give the power to the people now Give the power to the people now Give the power Give the power Give the power to the people now!