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Occupation
You may be occupied with money
Occupied with fame
Occupied with how history
Is gonna treat your name
Occupied with watching movies
Or listening to some song
Occupied with ignoring
What’s right from what is wrong
But you need to look and see
What’s happening in your town
Some folks have occupied it, friend
And they ain’t backing down
No, they ain’t backing down
You may be worried about the future
And where you might find work
Or wondering where the dream has gone
And if you’ll go berserk
Worried about your pension
How much money’s in the bank
If nothing’s left you need to learn
Exactly who to thank
You better make an effort
To make some sense of it
These folks have occupied their towns
And they ain’t gonna quit
No, they ain’t gonna quit
Yeah, we all got occupations
Working hard to get what’s earned
It steals our concentration
So we don’t have time to learn
Who’s the robber, and who’s been robbed
Who stole your cash away
You should occupy your time
By standing up to say:
We won’t take this crap no more
We know what’s going down
We’re gonna make them understand
They don’t own this town
We’ll occupy the stage
We’ll make our final stand
Cause one percent can’t have it all
No one gets to have it all
This land is ours, this is our land
This land is our land, this land is our land
From California to the New York Island
From the Redwood Forests
To the Gulf Stream waters
This land is the home of the free
This land was made for you and me
© 2011 Chuck Puckett