[00:01.38]Workin' Man - Neil Young, Promise of the Real
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[00:11.63]A working man in Indiana travelled from farm to farm
[00:17.11]Plantin' seeds and talkin' weather, working 90 farms
[00:22.35]Got to know the farmers knew all of their kids
[00:28.15]Out in the country, that was '96
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[00:38.82]His life was good and steady when seeds were cash
[00:44.85]Next year the farmers were ready, the times were changing fast
[00:49.79]Supreme Court in session made a new law
[00:55.75]GMO seeds and patents had a fatal flaw
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[01:05.53]Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas worked for Monsanto
[01:17.29]Well I don't know you but I do know who I am
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[01:56.77]One summer morning just around dawn
[02:02.29]Four men with briefcases were on the working man's lawn
[02:07.68]We're gonna to sue you, take you to court
[02:13.37]For patent infringement, the criminals you support
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[02:24.55]We're from Monsanto we own the seeds
[02:29.95]Give us the names of those farmers you seek
[02:34.90]You're gonna need big money to stand your ground
[02:40.82]Or we're gonna bury you, how does that sound?
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[02:50.34]Working man lost all is his friends, his business too
[03:01.53]Well I don't know you but I do know who I am
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[03:40.82]Now times have changed, things are picking up
[03:46.32]The wheels are rolling again on the old seed truck
[03:51.36]The cleaner's coming back have taken back the land
[03:56.73]They don't care the cost they're gonna take a stand
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[04:06.71]Well I don't know you but I do know who I am
[04:17.69]Well I don't know you but I do know who I am
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