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Not too long ago, our buddy Dan imposed the drink tax
pitting bus riders against tavern owners and patrons just so he
could pass the buck to the working class, while keeping us against each other
Now he wants to do the same to the drivers

Now Danny Boy is trying to impose a contract on the drivers' union
If they didn't accept it, he'd consider them on strike
Cutting pensions, dropping wages, sub-contracting out to union-busters
Oh Danny Boy, you're asking for the fight

They cut the buses, hiked the fare
They've routed buses away from where
the new class of the Steel City will live and shop in luxury
They've taken all the subsidies that could be going to help you and me
and left the bus riders in the cold

Now they want to blame the drivers for the lack of transit funding
They say the drivers are greedy and that we should feel the same
They've spent our money and the last year launching media wars against them
But Danny, you're the one who'll get the blame

So you can turn your back on us, but we won't turn our backs on you
We aren't naive enough to think that you won't stab us through and through
We'll barricade your driveway and we'll see you in the streets
The riders of this city will let you have no peace

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from We Fight To Heal, released March 1, 2009

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