Redgum - Killing Floor
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Em G
Joe spoke no english but he had a dream
A G
And he saved up most of his pay
Em G
To bring his wife and six kids from Lebanon
G D A
And settle down here to stay
Em G
You could feel the prison of his loneliness
A G
He wouldn't see them for years
Em G
He kept brandy behind the compressed air tanks
G D A
And he gulped it when the coast was clear
Em G
Nick the Greek collected tropical fish
A G
Had to be a character too
Em G
Smuggled in Pirhana just to break the law
G D A
And he fed them on kangaroo
Em G
Bob's pride was his handlebar moustache
A G
Said he still combed out sand
Em G
Pushed a tank through the Sahara desert
G D A
So they made him the leading hand
Em G
And the summer night shifts were long and cool
A G
Charlie chain smoked cigars
Em G
David sweated in his speckled paint mask
G D A
As he gazed out at the stars
Em G
Crazy Charlie was a Yugoslav
A G
His old straight eight Chevy could move
Em G
His ambition was to live on a hippie commune
G D A
When Dave told him about free love
Em G
Fred had been a farmer and a heavyweight champ
A G
Hands like a stump jump plough
Em G
Moved the earth with a thrust of his arms
G D A
He was loading on the paint line now
Em G
And the boys made a noise every Friday night
A G
At the bar of the Hilton Hotel
Em G
Downing pints and chewing the fat
G D A
Till the ten o'clock closing bell
Em G
It was only rumour til the foreman came
A G
And hiding his shame with a cough
Em G
He said they're cutting back down to one shift now
G D A
They're gonna have to lay you off
Em G
Joe held his gaze and gulped a brandy
A G
And spat it out at his feet
Em G
Bob stood bolt still looking thunderstruck
G D A
Nick swore for an hour in Greek
Em G
Their anger was spent in a rush of fire
A G
And smouldered out of mind
Em G
When they shook hands on that last grey day
G D A
Each was in his way resigned
Em G
Then a few days later I saw old Joe
A G
Looking like he'd aged ten years
Em G
Drunk on the tiles at the Stag Hotel
G D A
And he couldn't hold back the tears
Em G
Fred had talked of his grueling heavyweight bouts
A G
I remembered what he'd said
Em G
There's no giving up on that killing floor
G D A
If you don't fight you're dead
Em G
If you work with your hands for your livelihood
A G
Some day you might have to choose
Em G
When the class war rages on the factory floor
G D A
If you don't fight you lose
If you don't fight you loose...