Anne Feeney - War on the Workers lyrics

Anne Feeney Have You Been to Jail for Justice? War on the Workers War on the Workers © Anne Feeney (1994) BMI Listen up, we've got a war zone here today Right in our heartland, and across the USA These multinational ba*tards don't use tanks and guns it's true But they've declared a war on us, fight back! It's up to you There's a war on the workers There's a war on the workers There's a war on the workers And it's time we started calling the shots Going to work could be the d**h of you and me But we're not unarmed--Our weapon's solidarity Jim Beals and Karen Silkwood The list goes on and on With every year that pa**es 60,000 more are gone There's a war on the workers There's a war on the workers There's a war on the workers And it's time we started calling the shots When they boost your co-pay, (it's a war on the workers!) Don't you know what to say - (it's a war on the workers!) When they talk privatization (it's a war on the workers!) And co-operation (it's a war on the workers!) When they call you “a team” (it's a war on the workers!) You'd better learn how to scream (it's a war on the workers!) There's a war on the workers There's a war on the workers There's a war on the workers And it's time we started calling the shots They can lock us out, they can lock us up -- We cannot give in No more lies, no compromise! We'll battle til we win! It's a war on the workers It's a war on the workers It's a war on the workers And it's time we started calling the shots They call it "flexibility" (it's a war on the workers!) But every working stiff can see (it's a war on the workers!) When they poison our water (it's a war on the workers!) Don't go like lambs to the slaughter (it's a war on the workers!) When they foul up the air (it's a war on the workers!) You've gotta show that you care (it's a war on the workers!) When they talk WTO (it's a war on the workers!) We should be screaming HELL NO! (it's a war on the workers!) Oh, it's a war on the workers-- It's a war on public education, it's a war on child labor protections, it's a war on the 8 hour day, it's a war on occupational health & safety, a war on social security -- Now thanks to WTO, GATT, NAFTA, MAI , the IMF and the World Bank it's a world wide war --