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Thread #82522   Message #1516518
Posted By: Big Mick
06-Jul-05 - 06:31 PM
Thread Name: Walmart Blues
Subject: RE: Walmart Blues
Serving in Vietnam and being decorated means only that. It has nothing to do with the subject matter at hand. I'll make you a deal. I will show some sympathy for John Walton when he shows sympathy for the downtrodden who make his product in the sweatshops.

Walmart Rag
Sung to Joe McDonald's Fixin' to Die Rag
words by Mick Lane

Come along all you women and men,
Sam Waltons kin are at it again,
Gonna sell for less and give you more,
By openin' up another big box store.
So give up your benefits, and come on the run,
We're gonna have a lot of fun

CHORUS:

And it's one-two-three, build another Walmart store
Screw workers, but who gives a damn,
It was good enough for ole Daddy Sam
And it's five-six-seven, the little guy is no more
Small business and workers accept your fate,
When Walmart comes to your state

Affordable health insurance, ain't for us.
We're too busy driving that profits bus.
We just hitch a ride on other folks plans,
it's all just a part of the Walmart scam
We pad the bottom line with our greed,
and never mind our workers needs. Chorus

Those Pension Plans are just a Commie ploy,
designed to keep money from us good ole boys,
Us Waltons, you know we need those bucks,
so we don't have to drive Daddy's ole pickup truck
So give us that money, now don't be tight,
us being high on the hog is what's right. Chorus

You say your wages ain't enough to do what's right,
to have insurance, rent, food and electric lights.
Quit talking that crap, son, you're out in space,
it's our profits, not your kids that's important in this place
So get on the wagon, join the Walmart cheer,
or get your ass on outa here. Chorus

And you small businesses, quit your damn whinin',
just cause your lifes work is surely dyin',
Your family legacy, it ain't important , son,
we use predatory pricing, so we're the only one
So quit your carpin, join the Walmart age,
work at just above minimum wage Chorus

All this talk about the folks who make our stuff,
like political prisoners and kids who have it rough.
Now you know that these folks, well, they work cheap,
and we sell it full price, more money we keep.
But what's the big deal, they don't live in the states,
they're not us, so they don't rate Chorus

Now folks, if you are hearing my song,
open up your eyes and see what's wrong.
Job's at any cost ain't such a deal,
if they don't provide insurance and decent meals.
What Sam's kin are sellin' is a bill of goods,
it'll destroy your neighborhoods. Chorus

Oh, and one last thing I ask of you,
about the political prisoners and child labor, too.
If it's wrong for us, why is it right for them,
it's the ugly American, all over again.
Let's don't be greedy, c'mon and do what's right,
and give Sam's kin a helluva fight.

Last chorus:
And it's one-two three, organize a Walmart store,
Show the workers that you do give damn,
Do what's right for Uncle Sam
And it's five-six-seven, show the them that you care,
Come together with the workers to change their fate,
and organize Walmart in your state