15 cents for a dress

Cockroaches on the tables, no bathroom breaks, what could be worse?

Rats on the floor, no air conditioning, what could be worse?

Terrible pay, that's what could be worse

15 cents for a dress, getting 2 dollars a day, 

reminds us of the triangle factory

Why not go back home? Why not pack up and leave?

Our hands are tied to the machine till 9 o'clock

Our hands are tied under key and lock 

As we toil, as we burn, in the modern triangle of our nightmare,

Money burns instead of flesh, 15 cents for a dress, 

Our children cry out in hunger, the pay is unfair,

But what can we do, stuck in the modern triangle of our nightmare?

We protest for a minimum, we scream we cry, we plead

15 cents for a dress is not enough!

Help us reach the factory owners,

Help them understand

As we toil, as we burn, in the modern triangle of our nightmare,

Money burns instead of flesh, 15 cents for a dress, 

Our children cry out in hunger, the pay is unfair,

But what can we do, stuck in the modern triangle of our nightmare?

Cockroaches on the tables, no bathroom breaks, what could be worse?

Rats on the floor, no air conditioning, what could be worse?

Terrible pay, that's what could be worse