Though they are the sunrise Oh would you like ride Though they've joined the workers The word took you, can fly They laid their facts upon the line To live, money had to shine Powers to be, ran on the tracks But nothing could kill the facts They did spray, wouldn't go away They laid their facts upon the line To live, money had to shine Powers to be, ran on the tracks But nothing could kill the facts They did spray, wouldn't go away Ramblin' ramblin', along the dusty way They could not see, they could not see Friends, for days and days Things of sound, things of sound With their imagination No one thought, never thought They'd get emancipation From 1890 to 1910 The turmoil of brilliant days If the fool and the women didn't do it right But they could drag away the slate Gradually, gradually, using justice and law They fought for rights Runs to heights, that men never saw In his soul, in his soul The man is still complaining When the woman gets, her equal rights Some fellows hit the ceiling This isn't new, if things are true It's been here from day to day Ramblin' ramblin', along the dusty way