She was willing to go ahead when other people were afraid Remembered by the questions that she raised Does the name Karen Silkwood mean anything my friend She was another link in the chain Just another link in the chain in the chain Just another link in the chain It's the truth growing stronger and the voices speaking louder That makes us links in the chain Who took the children from the mines the young women from the mills When the bosses turned to look the other way It was the rebel voices raised high against the wind That fought for the rights we have today Just another link in the chain in the chain Just another link in the chain It's the truth growing stronger and the voices speaking louder That makes us links in the chain It's the questions and the answers the knowing and the why The standing up to the wrong things that we see And it takes more than one before the battle's done Someone else who's not afraid to be Just another link in the chain in the chain Just another link in the chain Down through history it's been the same my friend They've been links in the chain Willing to go ahead when other people were afraid Remembered by the questions that they raised Some dead and some in prison for the things that they believed They were links in the chain