Part Of The Union - The Strawbs

Now I’m a union man

Amazed at what I am

I say what I think, that the company stinks

Yes I’m a union man

When we meet in the local hall

I’ll be voting with them all

With a hell of a shout, it’s «Out brothers, out!»

And the rise of the factory’s fall

Oh, you don’t get me, I’m part of the union

You don’t get me, I’m part of the union

You don’t get me, I’m part of the union

Until the day I die

Until the day I die

The union has made me wise

To the lies of the company spies

And I don’t get fooled by the factory rules

'cause I always read between the lines

And I always get my way

If I strike for higher pay

When I show my card to the Scotland Yard

And this is what I say:

Oh, oh, you don’t get me, I’m part of the union

You don’t get me, I’m part of the union

You don’t get me, I’m part of the union

Until the day I die

Until the day I die

Before the union did appear

My life was half as clear

Now I’ve got the power to the working hour

And every other day of the year

So though I’m a working man

I can ruin the government’s plan

And though I’m not hard, the sight of my card

Makes me some kind of superman

Oh, oh, oh, you don’t get me, I’m part of the union

You don’t get me, I’m part of the union

You don’t get me, I’m part of the union

Until the day I die

Until the day I die

You don’t get me, I’m part of the union

You don’t get me, I’m part of the union

You don’t get me, I’m part of the union

Until the day I die

Until the day I die