CAN U SEE US

The NHS, NHS, the NHS We are all hard working healthcare Assistants for the NHS The NHS, NHS, NHS And our unions got our backs UNISON Who are we, who are we GREY ARMY GREY ARMY, GREY ARMY GREY ARMY Dictating directors, getting fat off their districts We really don't know what to do but to strike STRIKE You CEO's turning our truths into lies Being deceitful and full of despise Smiling with greed in your eyes With suits and your ties But we are the ones that you want to blame Playing with us, but our life is no game Plotting of ways to bring us down (down down) We rise back up, (we rise) in your greed we won't drown NO NO Can you hear us? No you don't Will you see us? No you won't You are deaf to our cries We've seen through your lies for six years back pay We try and we try and we try In the distance you hear our voices as one UNISON And the suffering and the pain as band 2s to band 3s Doing work for the cleaners and the housekeepers too It feels like we do it in vain Some people just don't understand what we go through You don't want to listen, you don't even care Say it's all lies, drive us to despair You look away to gaze at the money you make It feels like you just take, take, take, take our justice Ignore your Deaf to the sound Can you hear us? No you don't Will you see us? No you won't You are deaf to our cries We've seen through your lies for six years back pay We try and we try and we try With us please find a way to communicate You're our nightmare, our anguish as we wait, wait, wait Just want fair pay You try to silence us, your backs you turn But we are unyielding for justice we earn You try to silence us again and again We know you can hear us, we know you can So hear our voices, a hundred thousand people strong Together united, UNISON can't all be wrong What do we want? Six years back pay When do we want it? Now, now, now, now, now, now Waving our flags, we look for respect Looking for respect that we cannot seem to get All we want to do is speak to you Why won't you hear our voices as we shout it out loud We work ourselves to the bone We're running out of choices Can you hear us? No you don't Will you see us? No you won't You are deaf to our cries We've seen through your lies For six years back pay we tried, we tried You owe us and we want it now, now, now Who are we? who are we? GREY ARMY! GREY ARMY! GREY ARMY!