Where Are We Gonna Work When the TVees Are Gone

Where Are We Gonna Work When the Trees Are Gone

company town = washere be - fore my grand- pap-py set-tled

But tell me where are we gon- na work

I come from a long, tong line of tree fallin’ men,

And this company town was here before my grandpappy settled in.

We kept enough trees a standing,

So our kids could toe the line.

But now a big corporation's come and bought us out,

Got us working double time. But tell me;

Will the big boss have us wash his cars, or maybe mow his lawns?

I'm a man, I'ma man, I'm a lumberjack man

But I fear it ain't for tong, tell me

Where are we gonna work when the trees are gone?

Now these corporate mergers make no sense to mé,

But they got them this great big debt to pay,

So we're clearcutting all the trees.

Now that old fishing hole where I used to take my son,

You know we trashed it out last Monday moming.

Good Lord, what have we done?

Now these Wall Street money men, they've got me mad.

I've got a family to feed and fallin’ trees is the only job I ever had.

Say folks we can't just stand here,

While this boom and bust goes on;

We've got to slow down this big corporation

Before all the trees are gone!