Neil Young, Promise of the Real - Big Box lyrics
[Neil Young, Promise of the Real - Big Box lyrics]
Plunderco got in money trouble had
To break the law
Had to balance the fine against
The benefit to all
Made a business decision to pay the
Fine and break the law
Too big to fail, too rich for jail
They can live with that so why can't we?
After all they're just like you and me
They cast their votes and no one gets excited
Because they are Citizens United
In the streets of the Capitol
Corporations are taking control
Democracy crushed at their feet
Money flows free from the sky
To those who come along
Some way, somehow, we will prevail, but now
How can we regain our freedom
Lost by our own laws we must abide
When will we take back our freedom
To choose the way we live and die
Main Street's boarded up now
The whole town's asleep
The mom 'n pop got boarded up
In the small business retreat
Display windows and broken glass
Not a car on the street
Out at the big box store
People lined up for more
People working part-time at Walmart
Never get the benefit's for sure
Might not make it to full time at Walmart
Still standing by for the call to work
Corporations have feelings
Corporations have soul
That's why they're like people
Just harder to control
They don't want to fall, so when they fall
They fall on you
Too big to fail, too rich for jail
From the capital to the
Boarded-up main streets
Big Business is there at every turn
From the food we eat, to the clothes we wear
To the TV screen
From the air we breathe to the fuel we burn
To break the law
Had to balance the fine against
The benefit to all
Made a business decision to pay the
Fine and break the law
Too big to fail, too rich for jail
They can live with that so why can't we?
After all they're just like you and me
They cast their votes and no one gets excited
Because they are Citizens United
In the streets of the Capitol
Corporations are taking control
Democracy crushed at their feet
Money flows free from the sky
To those who come along
Some way, somehow, we will prevail, but now
How can we regain our freedom
Lost by our own laws we must abide
When will we take back our freedom
To choose the way we live and die
Main Street's boarded up now
The whole town's asleep
The mom 'n pop got boarded up
In the small business retreat
Display windows and broken glass
Not a car on the street
Out at the big box store
People lined up for more
People working part-time at Walmart
Never get the benefit's for sure
Might not make it to full time at Walmart
Still standing by for the call to work
Corporations have feelings
Corporations have soul
That's why they're like people
Just harder to control
They don't want to fall, so when they fall
They fall on you
Too big to fail, too rich for jail
From the capital to the
Boarded-up main streets
Big Business is there at every turn
From the food we eat, to the clothes we wear
To the TV screen
From the air we breathe to the fuel we burn