Union Songs

The Good Old-Fashioned Way

A song by George Mann©1998 George Mann

They say that corporate power is much too great today
That humans are irrelevant, like dinosaurs, passe
We've got to do our research, find what works and I dare say
We'll rebuild our mighty unions in the good old-fashioned way

Maybe you remember life before the computer age
And it's difficult to focus on our goals with all our rage
But 60 years ago a wave of lightning filled the air
As our unions worked together, kicked the boss back up the stairs

Yeah we've got to do our homework if we want to win the war
Because the boss is doing his in hopes of taking back some more
So your computer keyboard sure can help today
But we'll rebuild our might unions in the good old-fashioned way

Out in the workforce every day, I know you've got it hard
And each of you deserves to proudly hold your union card
So keep on thinking, keep on fighting, someday soon we'll say
We rebuilt our might union s in the goo old-fashioned way

Such fancy tools technology has put into our hands
And now we can compete with corporate power throughout the land
But there's no modern substitute, the workers must hold sway
We'll rebuild our modern unions in the goo old-fashioned way

Yeah we've got to do our homework if we want to win the war
Because the boss is doing his in hopes of taking back some more
So your computer keyboard sure can help today
But we'll rebuild our might unions in the good old-fashioned way

Notes

Many thanks to George Mann for permission to add this song to the Union Songs collection.

Labor folkies George Mann and Julius Margolin have a website at http://georgemann.home.att.net/

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