power company

Lyrics

my daddy worked a lifetime, yeah, for the power company, turning night into day, yeah, yeah, for the power company, you know that he can still recall when the company was god, man was a slave, throughout a war-torn strife, my daddy held his lit electric light, power company, they told him: 'join the union, lad, or we'll kick you in the ass', power company, i grew up with these words printed on my back, power company, whoa, oh, oh, oh. power company, whoa, oh, oh, oh. when will you be free?, i worked like a dog all day on the production line, this factory is a jail, every day of your life you know, you're doing time, now i got a little car, and i can't afford the gas, the house is cold and draughty, and the kids grow up too fast, i walk around, no future, no past, power company, whoa, oh, oh, oh. power company, whoa, oh, oh, oh. when will you be free?, how this world keeps on turning every day is a mystery, my old man gets up each morning, and he goes to work each day at the power company, yeah, he still does his little job and it isn't very hard, a computer to talk to instead of people he once knew, and the bosses at the top, they never seem to stop, power company, and we're singin', whoa, oh, oh, oh. power company, whoa, oh, oh, oh. when will you be free?, whoa, oh, oh, oh. power company, whoa, oh, oh, oh. when will you be free?, yeah, when will you be free from the power company?, whoa, oh, oh, oh, when will you be free?, ask yourself a question and look around you, you ask yourself a truth that you'll find out, and you'll never be free, yeah, move your head, move your soul