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Cheap Labor

from Shame a Politician by Eric Blowtorch

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Once, when you wanted out,
men would come after midnight in your home
Change your name and change your name
and, whether you approved or not, it was work

Baby-boiling bombs or the mail tray trip
How deep do you dive, dick, and do you mind a fight, dick?
These concerns are really just a check
to maybe take you on a fortnight, take you on a fortnight

What’s to account for this change of behavior?
Feel this back so badly bent
Do we feel like a little cheap labor?
We could make back that trifle we already spent

Last night I met the man with the cigar
always checking me out across that bar
You know, neon signs, mirrored plaques saying
Commie sympathizers keep out in case of attack

He believes there was no reason for the trouble
or the steward who kept pushing for double
His troubled face was soon replaced
and he was shipped from the city in the middle of the night

Why did I meet the one I said I wouldn’t?
I looked in the icebox while you were asleep

What’s to account for this change of behavior?
Feel this back so badly bent
Do we feel like a little cheap labor?
This month we even might make rent

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from Shame a Politician, track released August 1, 1990

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Eric Blowtorch Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Singer/guitarist/songwriter Eric Blowtorch sings, plays, and writes reggae, ska, rocksteady, soul, rock 'n' roll, funk, Latin, disco, hip-hop, Anglo-Afropop, and jazz songs with rhythm, melody, passion, and original comic timing. E. B. plays solo, in small combos, and with a band, Eric Blowtorch and the Bodyguards. ... more

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