The Consumer's Song

Don't trust them as far as you can throw 'em

Because as strong as you may be, you won't be able to move them an inch

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

They call it "downsizing", but that's just a backhanded saying

For the phrase "We're gonna screw you until you're down on your knees."

And you better not try to complain

'Cause 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."

You see it every day, everywhere, on the TV screen

Each time a different face or family, but it's always the same

"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 labor is cheap."

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

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 me

Because the goods I own, won't set anyone free