The Kinks - Get Back in Line (High Quality)

Facing the world ain't easy when there isn't anything going
Standing at the corner waiting watching time go by
Will I go to work today or shall I bide my time
'Cos when I see that union man walking down the street
He's the man who decides if I live or I die, if I starve, or I eat
Then he walks up to me and the sun begins to shine
Then he walks right past and I know that I've got to get back in the line
Now I think of what my mamma told me
She always said that it would never ever work out
But all I want to do is make some money
And bring you home some wine
For I don't ever want you to see me
Standing in that line
'Cause that union man's got such a hold over me
He's the man who decides if I live or I die, if I starve, or I eat
Then he walks up to me and the sun begins to shine
Then he walks right past and I know that I've got to get back in the line

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[RhumOnFire]

brilliant song!

I love it!

I love every Kinks song from "face to face" to "muswell hillbillies"

no other band gave such a number of brilliant songs to their fans!

[ESaetre]

Agreed :)

[oleshatterbutt]

where would we be w/out Ray Davies?????This song goes to eleven-in my top 5 kinks songs

[bobgure]

Oh yes! "Fuck Unions!" Indeed. Lets's all have a wonderful time living under a feudal plutocracy with child labor, no mimimum wages, no health benefits, 12hr days, 7day work weeks, no breaks, Zero safety laws........

Bring on the Pinkertons. Long live the prison industrial complex!! Feudalism!!

[drawmag52]

@rgjm266 Another reason why we do not need unions? You mean reasons like paid vacations, employer provided healthcare, maternity leaves, child labor laws, equal pay for minorities and women when they do the same job as a white man? I hope you turn all of these down at your job, otherwise you are not just an idiot, but a hypocritical one at that. Please go back to snorting your tea-bags and keep your ridiculously uninformed political opinions to yourself.

[bootyslave69]

the only band along with the Byrds that can stand along side the Beatles. Long live the Davies bros!

[thalweg76]

@GreenhouseEffectGE

Welfare state owns my body and my mind and my soul.

"Second Hand Car Spiv"

[RDBeatnik]

@Tedzeppelin93 I'm not gonna start an argument because that would be stupid. I think everyone can agree that online fights are both pointless and incredibly stupid.

[Tedzeppelin93]

@RDBeatnik And what about a right-to-work employer who got shot 2 weeks ago in Texas? What about the mob violence and riots from unions in Washington state? You seem like the type of person who doesn't know what they are talking about because they were indoctrinated by bad teachers (you know, the ones we can't fire because of collective bargaining.)

[westinc314]

God, I love this album.

[Sooji78k]

Ray Davies writes stories, just not songs.

[GreenhouseEffectGE]

Fuck unions - i love Ray

[RDBeatnik]

I love this song but unions are necessary, in my opinion. Why don't the owners get any shit for treating their workers like garbage and firing everyone when the work is moved overseas?