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Singing To The Choir

from Singing To The Choir by John Paul Wright

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I wrote this for all my Rank and File Activists... TDU.. RWU.. Labor Notes

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The state of our union is a damn disgrace.
That’s why it’s hard to wave that flag these days.
People are tired of loosing everything that they have worked for.
And ready to thrown the union out the door.


I’m singing to the choir,
Y’all already know,
That this top down unionizing has got to go!
I’m singing to the choir,
Come on sing it with me.
This ain’t no way to build solidarity.


You know what they say that “working in these times”
“This is the best we could do to muscle you this dime.”
Under the table handshakes you think it was a crime.
But this ain’t nothing new; they do it every time.

They sent the tenative agreement and it was already bound.
We didn’t hear about it not a peep or a sound.
They say that they bargain in good faith.
You can read that lie, its written all over their face.

So hey all you Hoffa’s of this land.
It takes more that slogans and rhetoric to be a union man.
So while you’re giving them everything we got.
The power of the union is at the bottom, not the top.

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from Singing To The Choir, released December 24, 2012

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John Paul Wright Louisville, Kentucky

John Paul Wright is a community organizer, union organizer / Labor Singer and Djembe player. Working Locomotive Engineer and Folk Musician.. a man of many hats..

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