12 Days of Punkmas - Santas Out of PTO

🤘🎄 On the seventh day of Punkmas, the music gave to me...

Created by: Serena E. Morgan

Lyrics:

On Donner! on Blitzen! — ON STRIKE!

Punch card snaps at dawn — we’re frostbit, underpaid,
Glue on our fingers, dreams on a conveyor blade.
Deadline blinks red like Rudolph’s warning light,
Wish list skyscraper — we’re climbing through the night.
Stockings of overtime — seams about to split,
“Smile,” sings management — we choke on peppermint.
Coffee black as the North Pole sky at four,
We’re elves with spines and boots on the shop-floor.

Clock in, clock out (HEY!) hearts crack like ice, (HEY!)
Hands raw, eyes bright (HEY!) we’ve paid the price. (HEY!)

The sleigh’s on blocks (HEY!) we’re striking ’til it rocks! (HEY!)
Sign the list twice no boss, no shocks! (HEY!)
Write it in coal on the factory clocks — Pay Us!
The sleigh’s on blocks (HEY!) we’re striking ’til it rocks!

Paychecks are snowflakes — melt before they land,
Cookies gone cold in a break-room of demands.
Reindeer are grounded, harness in a knot,
Even old Saint Nick says, “Kid, I gave all I’ve got.”
Wish lists are promises timed on borrowed sand,
We trade toy hammers for sharpies in our hands.
No more “be merry” while we burn like wicks —
Tonight the Pole learns how a union sticks.

We wrapped your joy (HEY!) with blood-red bows, (HEY!)
Now wrap our rights (HEY!) that’s how it goes. (HEY!)

The sleigh’s on blocks (HEY!) we’re striking ’til it rocks! (HEY!)
Sign the list twice (HEY!) no boss, no shocks! (HEY!)
Write it in coal on the factory clocks — Pay Us!
The sleigh’s on blocks (HEY!) we’re striking ’til it rocks!

ELF! — UNION!
ELF! — UNION!
We build the cheer — we own the shift,
No gift above our basic lift.
ELF! — UNION!
ELF! — UNION!
Punch out the fear — punch in the right,
North Pole rising — strike tonight!

“One — two — pay due — four,
Five — six — no tricks — WAR!”

The sleigh’s on blocks we’re striking ’til it rocks!
Sign the list twice no boss, no shocks!
Write it in coal on the factory clocks
The sleigh’s on blocks we’re striking ’til it rocks!

The sleigh’s on blocks (HEY!) we’re striking ’til it rocks! (HEY!)
Sign the list twice no boss, no shocks! (HEY!)
Write it in coal on the factory clocks — Pay Us!
The sleigh’s on blocks (HEY!) we’re striking ’til it rocks!
’Til it rocks! ’Til it rocks!

ELF! — UNION!