Cogs

We are cogs in the machine We play our part with every turn We are components in the line Our work is never done Earning wages day by day Honest work for honest pay Labouring for hours so long Working fingers to the bone Making things we'll never use Welding joins and turning screws They just keep coming one by one And our job is never done We are cogs in the machine We play our part with every turn We are components in the line Our work is never done The new design Is improved and refined It saves so much time And it's so much cheaper I'll change the scene I'll invest in machines And not human beings They're just slower and weaker Earning wages day by day Honest work for honest pay One of us for each machine Fewer than there would have been We are cogs in the machine We play our part with every turn We are components in the line Our work is never done We're cogs in the machine But they're shutting down the line The lights are going out Where can we turn this time?