[00:03.20]Big Box - Neil Young, Promise of the Real
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[00:25.51]Wonderco got in money trouble had to break the law
[00:33.08]Had to balance the fine against the benefit to all
[00:40.80]Made a business decision to pay the fine and break the law
[00:49.22]Too big to fail, too rich for jail
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[01:11.74]He can live without so why can't we
[01:19.81]After all they're just like you and me
[01:27.42]They cast their votes and no one gets excited
[01:35.30]Because they are Citizens United
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[01:58.50]In the streets of the capital corporations are taking control
[02:06.82]Democracy crushed at their feet
[02:14.23]Money flows free from the sky to those who come along
[02:22.57]Some way, somehow, we will prevail, but now
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[02:44.79]How can we regain our freedom
[02:52.75]Lost by our own laws we must abide
[03:00.88]When will we take back our freedom
[03:08.75]To choose the way we live and die
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[03:16.55]Main Street's boarded up now the whole town's asleep
[03:23.94]The mom 'n pop got boarded up, a small business retreat
[03:31.74]Sprayed Windows and broken glass, another car on the street
[03:39.45]Out at the big box store people lined up for more
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[04:02.50]People working part-time at Walmart
[04:10.35]Never get the benefits for sure
[04:17.92]Why not make it to full time at Walmart?
[04:25.63]Still standing by for the call to work
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[04:49.17]Corporations have feelings, corporations have soul
[04:57.06]That's why they're like people just harder to control
[05:04.35]They don't want to fall, so when they fall, they fall on you
[05:12.88]Too big to fail, too rich for jail
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[07:07.35]From the capital to the boarded-up main streets
[07:15.44]Big Business is there at every turn
[07:23.26]From the food we eat to the clothes we wear to the TV screen
[07:30.05]From the air we breathe to the fuel we burn
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