• 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