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Axe The Tax Lyrics by Punk Aid

Smash The Poll Tax!

1989

Mass refusal to pay, organising communities and workplaces is the basis for beating the Poll Tax. Mass refusal to pay, and collective direct action
Mass refusal to pay-
Mass refusal to pay-
It's time we took the initiative; it's time we fought back
Can't pay, won't pay; we're on the attack
All across the nation, Poll Tax resignation
Invasion of our privacy and mass intimidation
An attack upon the poor, imposed by Tory law
But we have had enough and we're taking it no more
Axe, axe, axe the tax!
Mass non-payment, stop it in its tracks!
Axe, axe, axe the tax!
Mass non-payment, stop it in its tracks!
They'rе always on our tails, with fees and warrant sales
But all out mass non-payment will make surе their Poll Tax fails
United we stand strong, together can't go wrong
We're for mass non-payment and we all sing this song
Axe, axe, axe the tax!
Mass non-payment, stop it in its tracks!
Axe, axe, axe the tax!
Mass non-payment, stop it in its tracks!
This attack upon the poor, they've tried it once before
But mass peasant revolt soon showed them the score
There's spray paint on the wall, burnt forms and that ain't all
All out for mass non-payment, hear our battle call
Axe, axe, axe the Poll Tax!
Axe the Poll Tax!
Axe the Poll Tax!
Axe the Poll Tax!
Axe the Poll Tax!
Axe the Poll Tax!
Axe the Poll Tax!
Axe the Poll Tax!
Axe the Poll Tax!
Axe the Poll Tax!
Axe the Poll Tax!
Axe the Poll Tax!
Axe the Poll Tax!
Axe the Poll Tax!
Axe the Poll Tax!
Axe the Poll Tax!
Axe the Poll Tax!
Axe the Poll Tax!
Axe the Poll Tax!
Axe the Poll Tax!
Can't pay, won't pay!
Axe the Poll Tax!
They'll make us pay
Axe the Poll Tax!
If we're all sitting comfortably in our little pockets of separation
Axe the Poll Tax!
We won't find our collective strength living in isolation
Axe the Poll Tax!
Or shutting off our minds to the world outside
Axe the Poll Tax!
We must show them that we're prepared to fight
Axe the Poll Tax!
Or we have ourselves to blame when they do unto us what they're don't expect back
Axe the Poll Tax!
Avoid the registration, organise to
Axe the Poll Tax!
Occupy the buildings where the hide away to plan our lives
Axe the Poll Tax!
We're not talking high Anarchist philosophy
Axe the Poll Tax!
Or SWP middle-class guilt-tripping ideology
Axe the Poll Tax!
We're talking straight facts
Axe the Poll Tax!
Thinking with our heads and acting from the heart
Axe the Poll Tax!
We won't let political dogma dilute our anger
Axe the Poll Tax!
Axe the Poll Tax!
Axe the Poll Tax!
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Punk Aid

Punk Aid

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