The Bottom Line

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They're closing down our factories and shutting up our mines
All in pursuit of profit, 'cos that's their bottom line,
They don't care about the workers, it really is a crime,
The only thing that matters is their precious bottom line.

Chorus:
Their precious bottom line, their precious bottom line,
The only thing that matters is their precious bottom line,
They don't care about the workers, it really is a crime,
The only thing that matters is their precious bottom line.

They say we're all Australians, I've heard that oftentimes,
But it's the corporation's interest that dictates the bottom line,
When it comes to jobs or money, it's money every time,
'Cos it's the money that gets measured on their precious bottom line.

Their capital is free to move anywhere they please,
They're exploiting third-world children in countries ocerseas,
We'll end up with third world wages if we agree to sign
Their lousy stinking contracts and that's the bottom line.

They're destroying native forests and they're poisoning our seas,
'Cos money doesn't need to eat and capital don't breathe,
When there's nothing more to plunder, well that will be just fine,
'Cos there'll be nothing left but money and that's their bottom line.

Seems labour is enslaved as long as capital is free,
Let's join across the oceans with all workers overseas,
We'll build a better future, yes, for all of humankind,
For people not for profit, and that's our bottom line.

Final chorus:
That's our bottom line, that's our bottom line,
For people not for profit, yes that's our bottom line,
And those who stand against us will pay for every crime,
For people not for profit, yes that's our bottom line.

The Bottom Line

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