Oh, no cannonball did fly, no rifles cut us down
No bombs fell from the sky, no blood soaked the ground
No powder flash blinded the eye, no deathly thunder sounded
But just as sure as the hand of God,
They brought death to my hometown
They brought death to my hometown

No shells ripped the evening sky, no cities burning down
No armies stormed the shores for which we'd die
No dictators were crowned
I awoke from a quite night, I never heard a sound
Marauders raided in the dark and
Brought death to my hometown
They brought death to my hometown

They destroyed our families' factories
And they took our homes
They left our bodies on the plains,
The vultures picked our bones

Listen up, my sonny boy, be ready for when they come
For they'll be returning sure as the rising sun
Get yourself a song to sing and sing it 'til you're done
Yeah, sing it hard and sing it well
Send the robber barons straight to hell
The greedy thieves who came around
And ate the flesh of everything they found
Whose crimes have gone unpunished now
Who walk the streets as free men now

Ah, they brought death to our hometown,
Death to our hometown,
Death to our hometown,
Death to our hometown, hey!