Union Sundown/ Dylan as Prophet

"They used to grow food in Kansas, now they wanna grow it on the Moon and eat it raw...
 I can see the day comin' when even your whole garden, is gonna be against the law... "
   - Bob Dylan


Lots of problems with the unions in Wisconsin these days..., of course, Scifi predicted this years ago 'cos the road to the singularity is paved with a lotta lost jobs being taken over by robots....and it's only gonna get worse; so we live in interesting times...Bob Dylan predicted this 20 years ago, with his masterpiece called "Union Sundown" off of the album "Infidels", you know the one with him in shades, and with Mark Knopfler and Mick Taylor, 2 of the greatest guitarists ever; and the rhythm section, Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare is tip-top notch, too...Great Album (Get it!) This is a GREAT song: (and so banned!)  I wish I could show the Dylan version (it's great but unavailable), but here's a pretty spectacular cover version:

Here are the lyrics:

Well my shoes they come from Singapore
My Flashlight's from Taiwan
My table comes from Malasia
Build for us from the Amazon

You know this shirt I wear comes from the Phillipines
And the car I drive is a Chevrolet
It was put together down in Argentina
By a guy making 30 cents a day

(Chorus:
Well there's sundown on the Union
And what's made in the U.S.A.
Sure was a good idea
'Till greed got in the way!)

Well this silk dress is from Hong Kong,
And the Pearls are from Japan
The dog coller is from India,
And the Flower pot is from Pakistan

All the furniture it says
"Made in Brazil"
Where a woman she slaved for sure...
Bringing home 30 cents a day (to her family of 12)
You know that's a lot of money to her...

(Chorus)

Well you know lots of people complainin' that there is no work...
I say, "What do ya say that for?
When nothin' you've got is U.S. made...
They don't make nothin' here no more..."

Y'know Capitalism is above the law...
It says, "It don't count unless it sells..."
When it costs too much to build it at home,
You just build it cheaper someplace else...

(Chorus)


Well that job that you used to have:
They gave it to somebody down in El Salvador,
Well the Unions are big business friend;
And they're going out like a dinosaur...

They used to grow food in Kansas,
Now they wanna grow it on the moon, and eat it raw;
I can see the day comin' when even your whole garden
Is gonna be against the law....

(Chorus)

Democracy don't rule the world
You better get that through your head...
This world is ruled by violence,
But I guess that's better left unsaid...

From Broadway to the Milky Way,
That's a lot of territory indeed...
And a man's gotta do, what he has to do,
When he's got a hungry mouth to feed....