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A labor anthem for the gig economy written to the tune of Dark as a Dungeon, the Merle Travis classic.

Lyrics:
When you’re scrambling for work to keep up with your bills
You’re no stranger to danger and unwanted thrills
It’s as if you’re performing upon the high wire
When all of a sudden the big top’s on fire

It’s murder by contract, by nickels and dimes
Starvation wages gig work and part time
Safety net’s burned away but the show must go on
Call it murder by contract when I’m dead and gone

See the drivers who sleep in the cars where they toil
Running on fumes to buy tires and oil
And if you talk union you’ll quickly be sacked
And you won’t have no recourse due to the contract

In the heat of pandemic, when bodies piled high
The press called us heroes and they didn’t lie
But just one year later how soon we forget
The lawmakers said no higher wages just yet

Come all you gig workers and heed to my song
If you catch on the chorus then please sing along
You can write your own verse if you feel so inspired
But there aint no pressure, Gods know that you’re tired