JULIE CHRISTENSEN – TEN PEOPLE
(ALTERNATE VERSION)





Julie Christensen: vocals, electric & acoustic rhythm guitars;
Jeff Turmes: slide guitar, chair percussion; Debra Dobkin: drums, percussion
Produced by Jeff Turmes
Recorded and mixed by Peter Malick at Pie & Tart Studio, Valley Village, CA
(P) & (C) = Julie Christensen 2012
www.stonecupid.com

“I wrote this union song, sort of a Joe Hill story, when my husband was picketing against a bad deal his union eventually and unfortunately took. It was before the Wisconsin and Occupy uprisings, but that sentiment was very much in the air. I hope to be singing it everywhere I can, loud and proud.”

When the company laid their money down
Ninety of them went along
But Ten People
Said, "something's wrong"

For a hundred days while the factory
Was being built by the peasantry
The company men, they sang a song
And Ten People
Thought that was wrong

Well I've got to feed my family
And the company store has all we need
The school will teach my children free
Yeah, to come and work the factory

Ten People met on Tuesday nights
At the house behind the tavern light
And they asked their friends, "are you getting along?"
And Ten People
Said "something's wrong"

They said the store charged way too high
And we are barely getting by
I don't see my kids, the hours are long
And Ten People more
Thought that was wrong

'Cause I've got to feed my family
And the company store has all we need
The school will teach my children free
Just to learn to work the factory

Now, the first Ten People in this fight
Were one-by-one attacked at night
One went missing, he was gone.
And Ten People more
Thought that was wrong

The company men showed up one night
To that house behind the tavern light
But sixty people stood up strong
And they met the company with a song
You're ten people, just ten people
And you are wrong

'Cause I've got to feed my family
But the company store is made from greed
The school will make my children free
But you must make it fair for me
If I'm gonna come and work your factory
If I'm gonna come and work your factory
Yeah, I'm gonna come and work your factory

(Julie Christensen, Cupid Music, BMI)