- Well, my shoes, they come from Singapore
- My flashlights from Taiwan
- My tablecloths from Malaysia
- My belt buckles from the Amazon
- You know, this shirt I wear comes from the Philippines
- And the car I drive is a Chevrolet
- It was put together down in Argentina
- By a guy makin’ thirty cents a day
- Well, it’s sundown on the union
- And what’s made in the U.S.A
- Sure was a good idea
- Till greed got in the way
- Well, this silk dress is from Hong Kong
- And the pearls are from Japan
- Well, the dog collars from India
- And the flower pots from Pakistan
- All the furniture, it says “Made in Brazil
- “Where a woman, she slaved for sure
- Bringin’ home thirty cents a day to a family of twelve
- You know, that’s a lot of money to her
- Well, it’s sundown on the union
- And what’s made in the U.S.A
- Sure was a good idea
- Till greed got in the way
- Well, you know, lots of people complainin’ that there is no work
- I say, Why you say that for
- When nothin’ you got is U.S.-made?
- They don’t make nothin’ here no more
- You know, capitalism is above the law
- I say, “It don’t count less it sells.
- “When it costs too much to build it at home
- You just build it cheaper someplace else
- Well, it’s sundown on the union
- And what’s made in the U.S.A
- Sure was a good idea
- Till greed got in the way
- Well, the job that you used to have
- They gave it to somebody down in El Salvador
- The unions are big business, friend
- And they’re goin’ out like a dinosaur
- They used to grow food in Kansas
- Now they want to grow it on the moon and eat it raw
- I can see the day coming when even your home garden
- Is gonna be against the law
- Well, it’s sundown on the union
- And what’s made in the U.S.A
- Sure was a good idea
- Till greed got in the way
- Democracy don’t rule the world
- You’d better get that in your head
- This world is ruled by violence
- But I guess that’s better left unsaid
- From Broadway to the milky way
- That’s a lot of territory indeed
- And a man’s gonna do what he has to do
- When he’s got a hungry mouth to feed
- Well, it’s sundown on the union
- And what’s made in the U.S.A
- Sure was a good idea
- Till greed got in the way
“Union Sundown” by Bob Dylan
*Prophetic Words – For 1983
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“To live outside the law, you must be honest”. – Bob Dylan
Posted by Michael Patrick McCarty