I was hanging around a
defense town
one day, one day,
when I thought I overheard a soldier say,
soldier say,
every tank in my camp
has that UAW stamp
and I'm UAW too, I'm proud to say.
It's that U .A .W .C .I .O.
makes that army roll and go,
Turnin' out the jeeps
and tankin' the airplanes every day.
It's that U .A .W .C .I .O.
makes that army roll and go,
What's real from the U .S .A.
I was there when the Union came to town,
I was there when old Henry
Ford went down,
I was standin' by Gate 4
when I heard the people roar,
They ain't gonna kick the
autoworkers around.
It's that UAW -CIO,
makes the Army roll and go,
Turnin' out the jeeps
and tankin' the airplanes every day.
It's that UAW -CIO,
makes the Army roll and go,
Puts wheels on the USA.
I was there on that cold December day,
When we heard about Pearl
Harbor far away.
I was down in Cadillac Square
when the Union rallied there,
To put those plans for pleasure
cars away.
It's that U -A -W -C -I -O,
makes that army roll and go,
Turnin' out the jeeps and tanks,
the airplanes every day.
It's that U -A -W -C -I -O,
makes that army roll and go,
Puts wheels on the U -S -A.
There'll be a Union label in Berlin,
In Berlin,
When the Union boys
in uniform march in,
March in,
And rollin' in the ranks,
there'll be U -A -W -Tanks,
Roll Hitler out and roll the Union in
It's that UAW -CIO
that makes that Army rollin' go
Turnin' out the defense
and the airplanes every day
It's that UAW -CIO
that makes that Army rollin' go
The spirit of the U .S .A.