THE CONTRACT

spoken intro
A guy in the TV movie screws up; hopes the crime boss understands.
But they take him for a little ride somewhere in the Meadowlands.
Next the news comes on and now I’m getting scared.
These dudes put out a contact on America and only the rich will be spared!

chorus (2X)
Don’t just say, “No, no, no!” Better start fighting back.
Better counter attack.

They’ll hit you in the library where they used to have books;
in the school cafeteria where they once had cooks;
in the privatized prisons owned and run by the crooks.
The cards are being stacked.
And they’ve put out a contract.

chorus (2X)

So work some extra hours while they cut back your pay.
Try to keep the kids fed as the food stamps go ’way.
See the super rich scoop up tax cuts every day,
saying get rich or else get packed.
’Cause they’ve put out a contract.

chorus (2X)

bridge
No more art on the walls, no more literary magazine.
No more public radio — the budget’s lean and mean.
No more statues in the park – taking up space and looking obscene.

Don’t think that you can appease them, mobsters aren’t into tact.
What do you think they’ll pay you with NAFTA and GATT?
You want Medicare, health care, benefits like that.
You know you’re gonna get whacked.
’Cause your name’s on a contract.

chorus (3X)