Never Cross A Picket Line

Five hundred men sacked for refusing To ever cross a picket line The voices down the ages warning Never cross a picket line You must never cross a picket line Two years gone by but still they never Ever cross a picket line With their wives and children they stand together Never cross a picket line You must never cross a picket line Look away, look away Look away out west to San Francisco Look away, look away Look away down south to Sydney Harbour Where the dockers have organised The world's longest picket line Technically this is an illegal strike Never cross a picket line But technically workers have no rights Never cross a picket line You must never cross a picket line Oh, I want to live in a Brand New Britain Never cross a picket line Where workers rights are enshrined and written Never cross a picket line You must never cross a picket line Look away, look away Look away out west to San Diego Look away, look away Look away out east to far Osaka Where the dockers have organised The world's longest picket line The Tories are gone but there's no improvement Never cross a picket line Now where is the might of the Labour movement Never cross a picket line You must never cross a picket line Look away, look away Look away down south to Auckland City Look away, look away Look away out west to old Vancouver Where the dockers have organised The world's longest picket line Where the dockers have realised You must never cross a picket line