I AM THE UNION MAN

I am the union man
It courses through me
By blood I am the union man

My Grandfather fought in the Great War
He came back from France and joined
The Industrial Workers of the World



He was a union man
He was a Wobblie
He was fucked up
And he built Longview

I am the union man
It courses through me
By blood I am the union man

My Dad was a union man
He fought the cold war at home
In the radiation fields of Hanford

He was a union man
He fought the cold war
And he got the
Cancer fuck

I am the union man
It courses through me
It glows within me

You better deal with me
I am the union man



[painting by Drew Lantrip]