We mean to make things over
We are tired of toil for naught
With but bare enough to live upon
And ne'er an hour for thought
We want to feel the sunshine
And we want to smell the flow'rs
We are sure that God has willed it
And we mean to have eight hours
We're summoning our forces
Eight hours for work eight hours for rest
Eight hours for what we will
Eight hours for work eight hours for rest
Eight hours for what we will
The beasts that graze the hillside
And the birds that wander free
In the life that God has meted
Have a better life than we
Oh hands and hearts are weary
And homes are heavy with dole
If our life's to be filled with drudg'ry
What need of a human soul
Shout shout the lusty rally
Eight hours for work eight hours for rest
Eight hours for what we will
Eight hours for work eight hours for rest
Eight hours for what we will
The voice of God within us
Is calling us to stand
Erect as is becoming
To the work of his right hand
Should he to whom the Maker
His glorious image gave
The meanest of his creatures crouch
A bread-and-butter slave
Let the shout ring down the valleys
And echo from every hill
Eight hours for work eight hours for rest
Eight hours for what we will
Eight hours for work eight hours for rest
Eight hours for what we will
[00:00.689]We mean to make things over
[00:02.964]We are tired of toil for naught
[00:06.933]With but bare enough to live upon
[00:10.051]And ne'er an hour for thought
[00:13.212]We want to feel the sunshine
[00:15.545]And we want to smell the flow'rs
[00:19.282]We are sure that God has willed it
[00:22.023]And we mean to have eight hours
[00:25.733]We're summoning our forces
[00:33.744]Eight hours for work eight hours for rest
[00:37.845]Eight hours for what we will
[00:41.273]Eight hours for work eight hours for rest
[00:44.165]Eight hours for what we will
[00:49.133]The beasts that graze the hillside
[00:51.543]And the birds that wander free
[00:55.446]In the life that God has meted
[00:58.137]Have a better life than we
[01:01.448]Oh hands and hearts are weary
[01:05.099]And homes are heavy with dole
[01:07.315]If our life's to be filled with drudg'ry
[01:08.949]What need of a human soul
[01:14.894]Shout shout the lusty rally
[01:21.063]Eight hours for work eight hours for rest
[01:25.207]Eight hours for what we will
[01:28.782]Eight hours for work eight hours for rest
[01:31.827]Eight hours for what we will
[01:37.302]The voice of God within us
[01:39.797]Is calling us to stand
[01:43.064]Erect as is becoming
[01:45.682]To the work of his right hand
[01:49.141]Should he to whom the Maker
[01:52.034]His glorious image gave
[01:55.353]The meanest of his creatures crouch
[01:58.220]A bread-and-butter slave
[02:02.289]Let the shout ring down the valleys
[02:04.529]And echo from every hill
[02:09.215]Eight hours for work eight hours for rest
[02:14.193]Eight hours for what we will
[02:18.202]Eight hours for work eight hours for rest
[02:21.930]Eight hours for what we will