The announcement has been made
The company has been acquired
The brains that had made our success
Would no longer be inspired
The thought of riches for the few
Did not sit well in our hearts
The executives would line their purses
The employees would be given fresh starts
No words were directly spoken
But things you always really know
That the hatchet man would be coming
There was only one place we would go
We laughed and giggled about the good
How destiny had been played before our eyes
In private we would lament our fears
And allow the quiet to silence our sighs
For many years we have given our all
And worked both early and late
But come the morning of the next day
Our futures would be left outside the gate
