I Can't Survive
Tune: I Will Survive
Lyrics: Lynn Marie Smith and Lisa Canada
First I was afraid, I was petrified
Kept thinking I could never live on six twenty-five.
I thought I'd earn a living wage when the stock began to rise
But I was wrong and then I tried to get along
I broke my back, picked up the pace
I go to work, do as I'm told, without a say about my fate.
I should have asked the CEO with all the guards around the door
To share the millions that he makes while the rest of us stay poor.
Oh, let's go, let's turn the page
I joined the union so I could make a living wage
You corporate bosses tell the workers they are great
We agree, now we want more but we can't wait.
Oh, no, not I, I can't survive
Oh, without a living wage I don't know how I will get by.
I've got all these bills to pay even though I work all day
And I can't survive, I can't survive.
At first I was afraid, I was petrified
Kept thinking I could never live on six twenty-five.
I thought I'd earn a living wage when the stock began to rise
But I was wrong and then I tried to get along
I broke my back, picked up the pace
I go to work, do as I'm told, without a say about my fate.
I should have asked the CEO with all the guards around the door
To share the millions that he makes more than the CEO of Ford.
I'm standing tall, I will not fall
Cause an injury to one of us is an injury to all.
I deserve my equal share, make the playing field fair
I can't survive, I can't survive.
