scratching my head

watching the news

sick and tired

of the same old blues

government sucks

priests gone bad

who can you trust

in a world gone mad

power and greed

the great big plan

been there before

gonna take a stand

gotta get some of that backbone

gonna take a lot of backbone

rise up my friends rise up

backbone gonna take a lot of backbone

rise up my friends rise up

gotta wake up

dig for the truth

ask yourself what can i do

look me in the eye

say how's your day

shake my hand and remember my name

gonna get some of that backbone

gonna take a lot of backbone

rise up my friends rise up

backbone gonna take a lot of backbone

rise up my friends rise up

something's gotta give and something's gotta go

take a look at yourself if you wanna lighten my load

you want my pity well you got that

you want my forgiveness well i ain't quite ready yet

backbone

gotta get some of that backbone

gonna take a lot of backbone

rise up my friends rise up

backbone gonna take a lot of backbone

rise up my friends rise up

yeah backbone

backbone come on let's get together now rise up

woo hey hey hey

backbone

gonna take a lot of backbone

rise up my friends rise up