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I Guess I Planted Lyrics
I guess I planted some long lonesome seed of a song
Way down inside me long ago
And now I can't remember when it was
But it joined up with the rest of them and grows
It's such a little song it don't compare
With all your big ones you hear everywhere
But when it dawns way in the back of your mind
The big ones are made up of the little kind
Union song, union battled
All added up won us all what we got now
Union song, union battled
All added up won us all what we got now
I can't even start to look around me here
Without hearing this song
And seeing all of us first separated
Hurt apart and afraid
Hungry for the union
And so we kept on
Singing and working, fighting till we got it
And this is the big union song I guess I hear
Union song, union battled
All added up won us all what we got now
Union song, union battled
All added up won us all what we got now
We fought there at your place
We fought there on your ship
And I guess if you missed out on
The fight for our union
You missed out on one awful big step
Us people took
Union song, union battled
All added up won us all what we got now
Union song, union battled
All added up won us all what we got now
Union song, union battled
All added up won us all what we got now
Union song, union battled
All added up won us all what we got now
Way down inside me long ago
And now I can't remember when it was
But it joined up with the rest of them and grows
With all your big ones you hear everywhere
But when it dawns way in the back of your mind
The big ones are made up of the little kind
All added up won us all what we got now
Union song, union battled
All added up won us all what we got now
Without hearing this song
And seeing all of us first separated
Hurt apart and afraid
And so we kept on
Singing and working, fighting till we got it
And this is the big union song I guess I hear
All added up won us all what we got now
Union song, union battled
All added up won us all what we got now
We fought there on your ship
And I guess if you missed out on
The fight for our union
Us people took
All added up won us all what we got now
Union song, union battled
All added up won us all what we got now
All added up won us all what we got now
Union song, union battled
All added up won us all what we got now
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Submitted by
andland On Mar 27, 2006
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"Union song, union battled All added up won us all what we got now"
To those of you who hate unions, let me remind you of a few things. Do you like anti-child labor laws? The idea of a 40 hour week? Paid overtime? Safer working conditions? Carpenters, plumbers and electricians properly trained? Then thank the unions! No they're not perfect, but since Ronald Reagen began this country's war on working people, we've seen worker's rights eliminated, we're working longer for less money, health care benefits have been cut as costs have skyrocketed, jobs shipped to China (and just look how virtually everything made in China is being recalled). All so you can work at your McJob or Wal-mart.