Union Song Lyrics - Singles - The Nightwatchman

Here we go 

For the fired auto workers who were twisted, tricked and robbed 

To the peasant in Guatemala in a sweatshop got your job 

And she can't feed her family on the pennies that she makes 

Meanwhile the crime rate's rising up and down the Great Lake states 

Like vegetables left in the field, the signatures smell rotten 

On the contracts and the deeds that push the race down to the bottom 

As they load the rubber bullets, as they fire another round 

I'm heading into the tear gas, dig in, man, hold your ground 

For Joe Hill and Caesar Chavez who fought in their own time 

For our brothers and our sisters up and down that picket line 

For the unnamed and unnumbered who struggle brave and long 

For the union men and women standing up and standing strong 

That's right, Si nos quedemos, juntos vamos a ganar? Si 

Yeah, hit 'em where it hurts and bite the hand that feeds 

You might get one to three or probation and a fine 

But I know where I'm gonna be, I'm gonna be right on that front line 

For Joe Hill and Caesar Chavez who fought in their own time 

For our brothers and our sisters up and down that picket line 

For the unnamed and unnumbered who struggle brave and long 

For the union men and women standing up and standing strong 

That's what I'm talkin' about 

Now dirty scabs will cross the line while others stand aside and look 

But ain't nobody never got nothin' that didn't raise their voice and push 

Like the steel worker in Ohio, the miner in West Virginia 

The teacher in Chicago, janitor in Mississippi 

From the sweatshops of L.A. to the fields of Mission Flats 

There's a thundercloud exploding and I'm free at last 

Like Joe Hill and Caesar Chavez who fought in their own time 

Like our brothers and our sisters up and down that picket line 

Like the unnamed and unnumbered who struggled brave and long 

Like the union men and women standing up and standing strong 

Like the unnamed and unnumbered who struggled brave and long 

Like the union men and women standing up and standing strong