[Verse 1]
Come all you friends and workers, a tale I'll tell to you
Of how we built our union you call the NMU
We fought the goons and gun thugs around the ocean shores
I guess I got my head caved in a dozen times or more

[Chorus]
All you fonies bound to lose
All you fonies bound to lose
All you fonies bound to lose, lose, lose

[Verse 2]
You had a fony set up you called the SIU
We had a ratty ship and a crummy bunk with roaches in our stew
We fought against the weather and the stooges too
To win a clean bunk and mess hall for newly-comes likе you

[Chorus]
All you fonies bound to lose
All you fonies bound to losе
All you fonies bound to lose, lose, lose
All you fonies bound to lose, lose, lose

[Bridge]
For me to try to change this whole big mess around by myself
I wouldn't last longer than a snowball in hell
But there's a hundred thousand of me now
And we fought like hell to get here
So you fight like hell to keep what we shed blood to earn
[Verse 3]
For eight hours a day and overtime pay
We battled it out with you big shot men
We've seen times that looked pretty dark
Until we brought the union in

[Chorus]
All you fonies bound to lose
All you fonies bound to lose
All you fonies bound to lose, lose, lose
All you fonies bound to lose
All you fonies bound to lose
All you fonies bound to lose, lose, lose

[Outro]
All you fonies bound to lose, lose, lose
All you fonies, you're bound to lose, lose, lose