We Just Come to Work Here, We Don’t Come to Die - Anne Feeney

Workin’ at this job is dirty and dangerous and I’m takin’ risks anyway
Oh, if I had the time and the proper equipment, I could do my job safely each day.
Everybody here says their sticklers for safety and I’m not here to say that they lie.
I tell you, we just come to work here.
We don’t come to die.
Now I don’t want your chemicals cloudin’ my brain.
I want to keep all my fingers and toes.
I want to hear those tears in both of ears when the workin’ days have come to a close.
The work that I do here is dangerous enough.
Don’t you rush me and I’m tellin’ you why.
We just come to work here.
We don’t come to die.
Now while you up there talkin’ in an air-conditioned office on a telephone that’s OSHA approved.
Go on and tell me how much you’ve been spendin’ on safety.
Pardon me, I’m not moved.
There’s only one way to put an end to the slaughter.
Just look you boss right in the eye.
And say, we just come to work here.
We don’t come to die.
Now you know we sat through eight years of Reagan.
Watched OSHA brought down to it’s knees.
Saw lots of union bustin’ and watched the plants rustin’
While our jobs shipped overseas.
Sixty thousand workers that we buried last year
Found the cost of doing business to high.
We just come to work here.
We don’t come to die.
Now while you up there talkin’ in an air-conditioned office on a telephone that’s OSHA approved.
Go on and tell me how much you’ve been spendin’ on safety.
Pardon me, I’m not moved.
There’s only one way to put an end to the slaughter.
Just look you boss right in the eye.
Tell him, we just come to work here.
We don’t come to die.
We just come to work here.
We don’t come to die.