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