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Jim Dixon Lyr Add: We Ain't Gonna Give It Back (J O'Connor) (7) Lyr Add: WE AIN'T GONNA GIVE IT BACK 05 Sep 16


I found this on Spotify.

WE AIN'T GONNA GIVE IT BACK
As recorded by The Speakers on "The Happy Birthday Album" (2001)

We worked and we fought for the little bit that's ours.
We ain't gonna give it back.
While you ride around in your Cadillac cars,
We ain't gonna give it back.
You take away our bread and butter and you say it's just fine.
Well, we're gonna stand out on the picket line.
You tried it before but I tell you this time,
We ain't gonna give it back.

CHORUS: Oh, no, we ain't gonna give it back.
Oh, no, we ain't gonna give it back.
Oh, no, we ain't gonna give it back.
We ain't gonna give it back.

Now you want our wages and our benefits too,
But we ain't gonna give it back.
It's always less for us and it's more for you.
We ain't gonna give it back.
Profits are higher than they've ever been.
The economy's a mess 'cause you're greedy as sin.
You're never gonna care about the shape we're in,
So we ain't gonna give it back. CHORUS

You tried to take away our dignity by being so demeaning and crude.
You prob'ly want to take away our four-hour minis(?) too.
You call yourself the total show but where would you be
Without the workers? You'd be totally fucked, obviously.
It's the same old story 'bout the rich and the poor.
It's mighty plain to see what the union is for.
What was it that my mom told me about a class war?
We ain't gonna give it back. CHORUS


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