It targets the shift of American manufacturing to cheap labor overseas.
The words
Everyday goods are made abroad while workers at home lose their jobs to corporate greed.
The singer takes an inventory of everyday goods, from clothes to cars, and notes that almost none of it is made at home anymore. He blames corporate greed that ships work abroad to cheap labor, but also turns a skeptical eye on unions that have lost their way. The tone is sardonic and combative, with each verse adding new examples before the chorus tolls the end of an era. It plays as a hard, punchy rocker with backing singers.
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The words
Everyday goods are made abroad while workers at home lose their jobs to corporate greed.
The singer takes an inventory of everyday goods, from clothes to cars, and notes that almost none of it is made at home anymore. He blames corporate greed that ships work abroad to cheap labor, but also turns a skeptical eye on unions that have lost their way. The tone is sardonic and combative, with each verse adding new examples before the chorus tolls the end of an era. It plays as a hard, punchy rocker with backing singers.
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The same year · 1983
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