Union Songs

Spanner in the Works

A song by Jack Mancor©2006 Jack Mancor

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Gather round people I got something to say
some folks might think it's just another cliché
but well there's blood our hands we got blood on the streets
we got to get together and start singing for peace

I know sometimes that it might hurt
but we gotta stand and
throw a spanner in the works
throw a spanner in the works
throw a spanner in the works my friends

I've seen it all so many times before
when the rich man he comes knockin' at your door
fooled you into thinking you could own a house
Now he's telling your family
that they gotta move out

your paying last weeks bills
with next week's wages
don't be waiting round for no prophets or saviors
'cause the church owns much of the land in this world
but there's but there's still plenty of homeless boys and girls
well I know

And so on it and on and on it goes my friend
but the wind still blows
and the creeks ebb and flow, till the end
and where we're headed well there aint nobody knows my friend
but the tides 'll wash in and wash it all away again

We ain't come too far from the days of the cave
now we're all just walkin' taklin' multi-national slaves
they charge us too much they pay us not enough
it's getting to where it's going and the going 'll be tough
They smash the unions and the public schools
this country's run by bigots and bludgers and fools
the squeeze on the poor is gettin' tighter
one mans terrorist is another's freedom fighter I know

but I know sometimes it might seem hard
but if we don't learn from history we wont get far
You gotta stand up to your devil
and look him in the eye
Say come on man well I'll see you outside
your hurting all of the ones I love
so I'm gunna start to push
when it comes to the shove

I know sometimes that it might hurt
but we gotta take a stand andthrow a spanner in the works
throw a spanner in the works
throw a spanner in the works my friends

I know sometimes that it might hurt
but we gotta take a stand and
throw a spanner in the works
throw a spanner in the works
throw a spanner in the works my friends
throw a spanner in the works
throw a spanner in the works my friends

Notes

Many thanks to Jack Mancor for permission to add this song to the Union Songs collection.

Visit Jack's website at http://jackmancor.com/

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