Testo Sold Down The River

The President signed the GATT treaty into law Fast-tracked through Congress with only hours of debate We've ceded our authority in the blink of an eye To a group of corporations that have purchased the right They call it 'free' trade, I'll tell you what that means You can have your unions here, but the factory is overseas Putting poisons in the water and paying pennies We're being sold down the river to the WTO Sold down the river, sold down the river Sold down the river to the WTO! They're meeting in Seattle to plan the next century And we need to be there in the streets When the size of corporations exceeds the finances of nations The democratic process can not compete They call it 'free' trade, and I'll tell you what that means Your health and safety laws, democratically made Can be challenged from abroad as barriers to foreign trade We're being sold down the river to the WTO Sold down the river, sold down the river Sold down the river to the WTO!