We�re miners and we�re office clerks
and everyday we�re told
that we�re unemployed and useless now;
too young or else too old.

We�re being laid-off, one-by-one.
We get it by the score.
We�re being robbed of everything
each day, and then some more

Well, it�s not for any reason
that we don�t already know.
It�s another bloody lay-off
and we�re back out on the dole.

And nothing really changes much,
but the line-ups where we stand �
for a job that�s always taken,
or the god-damned Sally Ann.

Wage slavery�s responsible
but we always get the blame.
It�s happened once too often, now,
and it�s a dirty rotten game.

So I hear my union�s out on strike
and I really wish my comrades well,
for your livelihood is worth fighting for,
and I hope they fight like hell.

Because it�s not for any reason
that they don�t already know.
It�s another bloody lay-off
and they�re back out on the dole.

And the world will never change at all
if we don�t start fighting back
for jobs that are always taken �
get the bosses off our backs!

Lyrics and music
� Chris Frazer 1982

Published in People�s Voice, July 1993

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