The American Way

It is the American Way
to work a long hard day
Break your body for the boss
So you can earn a measly wage
Whether you’re as green as moss
Or worn & weathered like a rock
You’ll always say “I’m doing fine”
Get back to work, no overtime!
This is the American Way

It is the American Way
To strike it rich one fateful day
Then you say I’ve got mine
To leave your fellow workers behind
The only way to get our share
To lift each other out of our despair
Is come together in solidarity
Workers of the world, we shall be free
This doesn’t have to be, The American Way

No more wages that equal poverty
No more work without dignity
We will not be fodder for your feeder
When they ask who’s in charge
We’ll respond “We are all leaders!”
But for now we play our cards
The hand we’re dealt however hard
We all know the boss is a cheater
Because that’s just The American Way

It will be the American Way
To bring our workplace democracy
The owning class will soon see
All the workers together form
A force stronger than a roaring storm
The chains of debt and wage slavery
Will be brought to their demise
Right before our very eyes
With the new American Way

Originally published on Medium: https://medium.com/@j.dinsmore/the-american-way-f213df50880f