Tugboat
Mia Doi Todd
When the tugboat tires of pulling someone else's weight
When the tugboat tires of giving all the credit away
There'll be silence in the factories
There'll be empty shelves and pantries
Just you wait
When the tugboat tires of sweating for minimum wage
When the tugboat tires of swallowing its pride and rage
There'll be weeds by the million
Therе'll be hedges needing trimming
Thеre'll be chamberpots overflowing
There'll be conglomerates undergoing
Sudden change
When the tugboat tires of pulling someone else's weight
When the tugboat tires of giving all the credit away
There'll be one less in the bed that night
You'll have no one to undress you that night
Just you wait till the tugboat tires