A Fool's Guide To The Exploitation Of Labor

"You gotta start working in production," your fathers say
"Build up a small fortune. You're on your way
Liquidate work tomorrow, but sleep in today
And if some bozo tries to question you, what will you say?"

Dig up another axiom
Or maybe [Am]a grave
A pile of dirt to [C7]stand [Bm]upon
You're brave

Diminishing ɾeturns on [C7]your wedding day
What would your mother say?

"There are some people in this world who don't know what they're worth
Make a nice estimate and [Bm]put them [A]to [C7]work"

The people might not be [Am]excited
Or they'll ask for [Dm7]a ɾaise
If they tire of working 9-5, what will you [A7say?

Dig up another axiom
Or maybe [Am]a grave
A pile of dirt to [C7]stand [Bm]upon
You're brave

But suppose that you [A7woke up one morning
At the pearly gates
Suppose St. Peter asked you [A7the question
"What did you [A7tell them?

The people who labored for [Dm7]you [A7every day
The people who woke to [C7]work every morning
What did you [A7tell them?

Did you [A7dig up another axiom
To lower their wage?
And where was [Am7]the choice you [A7gave them?"

Accept the lower pay
Or pack up, move out
Try to [C7]find some other way to [C7]feed their children