Labor Day Massacre

Intro:

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Brother, you know we're all in 
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this alone,
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Take what you can get, break all 
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but your bones
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And when they finally ask you 
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"well, what have you done?"
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Say "life is a game and I've won,
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 yes I've won.
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Say "life is a game and I've won!"

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You gave the asphalt a heave and 
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then looked back at me,
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Said "that is a word from the 
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wise ones indeed"
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When you've been here this long, 
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one day you belong
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One day you wake up and forget 
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what seemed wrong.
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And the first day of May, well it 
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quietly passed by,
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And the bosses still reign five to 
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nine.
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And you curse when I say words 
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like "living" and "wage"
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You say "I made my house outta 
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mud, so should they.
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Now the ball field is level, let's
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 play!"


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I think of the bullets, the 
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blood, and the rage
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That went in there to stir up the 
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eight hour day
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Seems the masters have found 
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themselves new rats to cage
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And the price for a union is great

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Well they gave her a raise so they 
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raised up her rent
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She says "I'll never burst from 
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this box that I'm in!"
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But she's too scared to talk, to 
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step off the sidewalk,
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So she shrugs it all off as the 
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luck of the draw

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And the labor you cry that's been 
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robbed from your kind
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With dirt on your hands and sweat in
 your eyes
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If the fortunate son really wants to
 eat dust,
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Well I'm sure there's a good 
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chance he'll be hired
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There's a million stories of the 
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crimes left to rot
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But I never will raise as long as
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 I sleep on the job
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Oh yeah, you say "brother, you 
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know, we're all in this alone
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Take what you can get, break all 
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but your bones
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And when they finally ask us well 
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what have you done?"
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Say "life is a game and I'm done!"