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Borderlines
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I'm hearing how business is tough in America
And they say the union's out of hand
But I read in the news today about the latest threat to my pay
There's is one thing I must understand
They're telling us that they cannot afford our wage
As they turn their greedy eyes on distant shores
As patrols guard the borderlines and I'm standing in a picket line
Corporate boardroom plans are formed to move my plant to Ecuador
Where for fifty cents a day, a worker slaves her life away
And then they tell me she's my enemy
At first I did not have the time to trouble myself with the world
And it all seemed so very far away
But now I'm in a worried mood
'Cause hands need work and kids need food
And I just got laid off today
They're telling us that it is just good business
As foreign sweat swells profit like disease
As patrols guard the borderlines and I'm standing
In an unemployment line
While in the Philippines, a mind grows numb from sewing seams
Guatemalan hills of cash; a coffee picker's skull is smashed
And then they tell me he's my enemy
Now I am finally putting it all together
Borderlines won't score my loyalty
They don't care who is the drone; hands of yellow, black, or brown
Profit is their only deity
As corporate hands of power reach around the world
They'll strangle any weak neck they can find
From the diamond mines in Africa to the fields of El Salvador
From the sweatshops down in Mexico to Bangladesh where the women sow
Sweat is sweat and blood is blood, and one day soon the time must come
We'll stand and face our common enemy
Sweat is sweat and blood is blood, and one day soon the time must come
We'll stand and face our common enemy
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