Walking Through the Cold

An Occupy Wall Street "Winter War" Picket-Song

(Sung to a slow walking cadence, accent on "walk-" and "cold" in the chorus-line, "cold" held for a beat and a half)


We carry our signs in the snow and wind.
We carry our signs in the snow and wind.
We carry our signs in the snow and wind.
We're walking in the cold.
We're walking in the cold.

Our hearts are on fire, our hands and feet are numb.
Our hearts are on fire, our hands and feet are numb.
Our hearts are on fire, our hands and feet are numb.
We're walking in the cold.
We're walking in the cold.
We're walking in the cold.

Dupes shout "Get a job", and dupes shout "Go home."
Dupes shout "Get a job", and dupes shout "Go home."
Dupes shout "Get a job", and dupes shout "Go home."
We're walking through the cold.
We're walking through the cold.
We're walking through the cold.

We'll claw back the money and the jobs you stole.
We'll claw back the money and the jobs you stole.
We'll claw back the money and the jobs you stole.
We're walking through the cold.
We're walking through the cold.
We're walking through the cold.

We'll walk to Spring and end your plutocracy.
We'll walk to Spring and end your plutocracy.
We'll walk to Spring and end your plutocracy.
We're walking through the cold
We're walking through the cold.
We're walking through the cold.

We're walking through the cold.


[Composed while walking back and forth for three hours on the Occupy Ashland (KY) picket-line alone the evening of January 2, 2012, with the temperature in the high 20s F and falling, a brisk W/NW wind, and spatters of snow.]

[What that afternoon looked like:

http://twitpic.com/85da2i

although at one point visibility dropped to a couple of hundred feet.]

[Simulposted to Usenet, Message-ID:6a7f41d6-d2ce-4cbb-b6a1-649f0da37c2c@p16g2000yqd.googlegroups.com ]


Keywords: antiplutocracy, Occupy Ashland (KY), Occupy Wall Street, OWS, plutocracy, US Day of Rage, USDOR