Union Songs

Somebody Robbed the Pension Plan

A song by George Mann©1999 George Mann
Music: "Somebody Robbed the Glendale Train" ©1971 John Dawson

Somebody robbed the pension plan over at IBM
Somebody robbed the pension plan and I swear they will again
Until we get our union in, and then we'll set things right
Somebody robbed the pension plan so let's organize and fight

Now Lou Gerstner is the CEO but he's never worked on the line
And on his big fat salary Lou is living mighty fine
We gave him ten, twenty years of our lives and what have we got to show?
Louie and his corporate hacks made off with all our dough

And I say somebody robbed the pension plan over at IBM
Somebody robbed the pension plan and I swear they will again
Until we get our union in, and then we'll set things right
Somebody robbed the pension plan so let's organize and fight

Now we're living in the computer age where we buy new rather than fix
And they work us hard just like Pentiums but our pension's 286
We bust our butts for IBM and they keep on cutting back
But when we get our union in they will wish that they were Mac

And I say somebody robbed the pension plan over at IBM
Somebody robbed the pension plan and I swear they will again
Until we get our union in, and then we'll set things right
Somebody robbed the pension plan so let's organize and fight

Now I'm sick and tired of seeing workers sacked while the profits go up to the sky
And I tell you I am sick and tired of the Dow dictating our lives
Tom Watson he was a decent man, and he's rolling in his grave
IBM's corporate thieves have forgotten him, and we've all been betrayed

And I say somebody robbed the pension plan over at IBM
Somebody robbed the pension plan and I swear they will again
Until we get our union in, and then we'll set things right
Somebody robbed the pension plan so let's organize and fight

And I say somebody robbed the pension plan
So let's organize and fight

Notes

Many thanks to George Mann for permission to add this song to the Union Songs collection.

Labor folkies George Mann and Julius Margolin have a website at http://georgemann.home.att.net/

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union songs..........a selection by mark gregory