The Consumers Song

Verse Don't trust 'em as far As you can throw 'em Because as strong as you may be You won't be able to move 'em an inch Verse But you don't have to believe me Go ahead and be the corporate stooge That they trained you to be And then you'll see what you get for your loyalty Verse They call it, 'Down sizing' But that's just a backhanded saying For the phrase, 'We're gonna screw you Until you're down on your knees' Verse And you better not try to complain Because there's another hundred stiffs like you All who'd plead, I'd kiss your ass just for a chance To be a whore to your company Verse You see it every day, everywhere On the TV screen Each time a different face or family But it's always the same Verse "We worked here all our lives Gave them everything we had And now they say they're gonna move the factory To a Third World country where the labour is cheap Bridge But the fact, my friend, that you don't see Is the money you spend on the goods they make Supports their methods of abuse on the Third World scene And in your very own backyard, yes, your country Verse So I won't be the consumer that they want me to be Because the goods I own aren't going to set me free So I won't buy that crap they want to sell to me Because the goods I own won't set anyone free