The Consumers Song (Re-Recorded)
Don't trust them as far as you can throw them
Because as strong as you may be you won't be able to move them an inch
But you don't have to believe me go ahead and
Be the corporate stooge that they trained you to be and
Then you'll see what you get for your loyalty
Yeah!
They call it "Downsizing," but that's just a backhanded saying
For the phrase, "We're gonna screw you until you're down on your knees"
And you better not try to complain 'cause there's another hundred stiffs like you
All who'd plead
"I'd kiss your ass just for a chance to be a whore to your company!"
You see it everywhere, every day, on the TV screen
Each time a different face or family, but it's always the same
We worked here all our lives, gave them everything we had
And now they say they're gonna move the factory
To a third-world country where the labor is cheap
But the fact, my friend, that you don't see
Is the money you spend on the goods they make
Supports their methods of abuse on the third-world scene
And in your very own backyard, yes your country
I won't be the consumer that they want me to be
Because the goods I own, aren't going to set me free
I won't buy that crap, they want to sell me
Because the goods I own, won't set anyone free
Because as strong as you may be you won't be able to move them an inch
But you don't have to believe me go ahead and
Be the corporate stooge that they trained you to be and
Then you'll see what you get for your loyalty
Yeah!
They call it "Downsizing," but that's just a backhanded saying
For the phrase, "We're gonna screw you until you're down on your knees"
And you better not try to complain 'cause there's another hundred stiffs like you
All who'd plead
"I'd kiss your ass just for a chance to be a whore to your company!"
You see it everywhere, every day, on the TV screen
Each time a different face or family, but it's always the same
We worked here all our lives, gave them everything we had
And now they say they're gonna move the factory
To a third-world country where the labor is cheap
But the fact, my friend, that you don't see
Is the money you spend on the goods they make
Supports their methods of abuse on the third-world scene
And in your very own backyard, yes your country
I won't be the consumer that they want me to be
Because the goods I own, aren't going to set me free
I won't buy that crap, they want to sell me
Because the goods I own, won't set anyone free
Credits
Writer(s): Justin Cathal Geever, Christopher Mark Head, Christopher Lee Barker, Patrick C Bollinger
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Other Album Tracks
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- LIES THEY TELL OUR CHILDREN
- VICTORY OR DEATH (WE GAVE ‘EM HELL) [feat. Campino] - Single
- NVREVR (feat. Stacey Dee of Bad Cop/Bad Cop) - EP
- The FIGHT of OUR LIVES (feat. Tim McIlrath of Rise Against & Brian Baker of Bad Religion) - Single
- MODERN META MEDICINE (feat. Jesse Leach of Killswitch Engage) - EP
- LAUGH. CRY. SMILE. DIE. (feat. Shane Told of Silverstein) - Single
- IMPERIALISM (feat. Ashrita Kumar of Pinkshift)
- 17 Song Demo
- That's When I Reach for My Revolver (Bonus Track)
- The War On Christmas Is Over (If You Buy It) - Single
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