Ever lost a good job for a bad reason?
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I am tired of seeing my fellow Americans having there jobs sold down the river by big business just to save a few bucks.
Lyrics
Lost my job the other day you see,
when they closed down the factory.
Shipped it off to some foreign country,
where they pay next to nothing you see.
A way of life gone to history.
Standard of living turned to poverty.
I ask the boss now why does this have to be?
He said why labor ain't nothing but a commodity
It's not your brother or your sister or your neighbor ya see.
Not your mother or your father nor your high school buddy.
Not like you ever went to war or fought to save this country.
Your just labor, just a commodity.
It's cheaper some place else than it is here ya see.
Labor ain't nothing but a commodity.
My brother lost his job about the same way.
When they shut down his factory one day.
There the problem was pollution you see.
To clean it all up would cost to much money.
So the company found another country,
where they don't mind if they pollute carelessly.
There more competitive than we are you see.
Besides, pollution ain't nothing but a commodity.
Not like the air that they soil can reach you and me,
or the water they pollute flows by here you see.
Some kind of magic keeps us as safe as can be.
Ask a politician if you don't believe me.
It's cheaper some place else than it is here ya see.
Pollution ain't nothing but a commodity.
Out sourcing, down sizing, what will it be.
To hell with you worker we want, efficiency.
Don't matter who we exploit, or what we pollute.
Long as we save a few bucks why, who gives a hoot.
Shaft of nafta takin' good jobs down.
old Ross was right about that suckin' sound.
When you treat workers like a, commodity.
How dare you talk about, morality.