Story Behind The Song

Wisconsin protests

Lyrics

I'm talking to you my Republican friends
You know that I love you before I begin
Been driving you crazy walking 'round the square
Want to tell you what I'm doing there
You love your freedom; I love it too
But freedom ain't the only American virtue
Everybody lose and sing the blues
When winner take it all

I'm talking to you Mr. CEO
You make 300 times a working man's dough
The gap ain't always been that wide
When Reagan was in office, it was 35
You can't tell people, "Let them eat cake"
They'll show up at your door when they finally break
Everybody lose and sing the blues
When winner take it all

I'm talking you to you sittin' at the top
Of course you wanna keep what you got
But if there's none left who can buy your stuff
What you got ain't gonna be enough
To exercise effective demand
The people need fair play in our land
Everybody lose and sing the blues
When winner take it all

I'm talking to you my Republican friends
Open your ears; I'm at the end
The very bottom line of my song
You got to keep the middle classes strong
Aristotle said it and Montesquieu
Even ol' Adam Smith said it too
Everybody lose and sing the blues
When winner take it all