[Intro] [Verse 1] Words to describe Nicaragua of old Cash crops and hunger and US control Coffee and sugar on company land Made to supply what the boss would demand [Pre-Chorus 1] Then one July morning in Seventy-Nine Nicaragua decided to leave it behind [Chorus] And the people are learning to take back their lives As the country will change Sandinista survives [Verse 2] Women are winning what they’ve never known The power to organize outside the home Starting to find what is equal and fair Ensuring that this revolution is shared [Pre-Chorus 2] Regaining lost chances demanding much more Running the factories fighting the war [Chorus] And the people are learning to take back their lives As the country will change Sandinista survives [Verse 3] Nobody claims that it’s over and done There’s too much depends on enlistment and guns And raising their children and filling their plates And chasing the Contras to Washington State [Pre-Chorus 3] The Yankee conspiracy thrown to the ground That’s where the spirit of change can be found [Chorus] And the people are learning to take back their lives As the country will change Sandinista survives