Sweatshop Union
Sweatshop Union - Blue Collar Ballad lyrics
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So..you want the benefits? Want the pensions.. But they just don't want to work for you Who the hell you think I am? Well he's a well-dressed man with his well-pressed pants Buying ethical funds, crushing helpless ants Walking like he won the sweepstakes Carrying his briefcase Wonder if his wife liked marrying this cheapskate? But he's great to talk to if youre wearing a suit too I'd spend a second pretending to be caring what you do But you knew, as I do, thats whos who suicidal He's the face behind the desk Who will choose to deny you A chance to taste a paradise appetize ...pair of eyes at the sky Compassion love.... 500 dollar shoes and a McIntosh heart Laughing softly, just waxing lobbies pretending i dont notice him, acting snobby just the mopping the floors here and i've been here four years before this i was..pour beers down your throats, go home and beat your wives i've heard all your stories, you can keep your lies and keep your "Hi's" and "Hello's" and "Goodbyes" and your condenscending point of view, sir. Who the hell you think I am? (No respect, no work ethic) I thank God for what I've got but I take what I can get I trade away my time and talents trying to balance paychecks ...i'm find it hard to stay alive but how many will survive? So I drive from 9-5 for a minimum wage And in this blue collar charade i just seem to get played i'm afraid you think nothing of it i'm just a work force puppet the part is boiling over i'm at the point of saying fuck it! but love it, or leave it its life as we perceive it believing it or not we all work as if we need it it seems that respect is at an all time low not... but we all trying to grow And i may only be a stones throw from where i'm trying to go but these seeds we need to sow before we achieve goals and the older i turn the more i thirst to learn yet the less the day i earn curse the work in hell i burn Who the hell you think I am? (Give up your breaks, give up your personal freedoms) Why we all try to break thread but its hard to stay fit another large number paycheck today gets wasted amazed at the haste at which we pass day to day dreaming of the things we'd do if had major pay slave away as a star play the game and live large I once hit stars as a kid, now we are.. grown folk, with our own hopes and goals now so bother.. hope to slow down, provoke the whole town the hard to felt dreams, of these jobs we hold down so hope to...frown don't be a nerdy clerk who the hell you think i am? do your own dirty work! Who the hell you think I am? Theres a million and one other people out there. just like you. Just like me right? Yeah, I'm sorry I couldn't make you happy sir, mayb- you want..you want me to, you want me to get off my break, and stop eating maybe, shine this floor up nice for you, just you know, take some pride in my work, or you know, make you look more happy ..Get your belongings and leave.. Leave? Or security will have to escort you... Escort? What? Fuck you man, I quit!