Greg Brown

I Don't Want Your Millions Mister

Demanding Dignity: A Plea for Labor and Justice in Greg Brown's Anthem
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I don't want your millions, Mister,

I reject your wealth, sir,

I don't want your diamond ring.

Your material possessions do not interest me.

All I want is the right to work, Mister,

All I desire is the opportunity to work,

Give me back my job again.

Restore my employment to me.

Now, I don't want your Rolls-Royce, Mister,

I am uninterested in your luxury car,

I don't want your pleasure yacht.

Or your extravagant yacht.

All I want's just food for my babies,

I only seek sustenance for my children,

Give to me my old job back.

Give me back my former occupation.


We worked to build this country, Mister,

We toiled to construct this nation,

While you enjoyed a life of ease.

While you enjoyed a life of comfort.

You've stolen all that we built, Mister,

You have taken what we built,

Now our children starve and freeze.

Now our offspring suffer from hunger and cold.


So, I don't want your millions, Mister,

So, I disdain your wealth, sir,

I don't want your diamond ring.

I reject your valuable possessions.

All I want is the right to live, Mister,

All I seek is the right to exist,

Give me back my job again.

Restore my employment to me.


Think me dumb if you wish, Mister,

Consider me ignorant if you wish,

Call me green, or blue, or red.

Label me with colors,

This one thing I sure know, Mister,

But one thing is certain, sir,

My hungry babies must be fed.

My hungry children need nourishment.


Take the two old parties, Mister,

Disregard the established political parties,

No difference in them I can see.

I perceive no distinction between them.

But with a Farmer-Labor Party

Yet, with a Farmer-Labor Party,

We could set the people free.

We could liberate the people.


So, I don't want your millions, Mister,

So, I disdain your wealth, sir,

I don't want your diamond ring.

I reject your valuable possessions.

All I want is the right to live, Mister,

All I seek is the right to exist,

Give me back my job again.

Restore my employment to me.

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