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I'm an ordinary man, nothin' special nothin' grand |
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I've had to work for everything I own |
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Well I never asked for a lot, I was happy with what I got |
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Enough to keep my family and my home |
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Now they say that times are hard & they've handed me my cards |
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They say there's not the work to go around |
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When the whistle blows the gates will finally close |
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Tonight they're going to shut this factory down |
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Then they'll tear it down |
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I never missed a day nor went on strike for better pay |
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For 20 years I served them best I could |
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With a handshake and a cheque it seems so easy to forget |
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Loyalty through the bad times and the good |
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The owner says he's sad to see that things have got so bad |
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But the Captains of industry won't let him loose |
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He still drives a car and smokes a cigar |
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And still he takes his family on a cruise |
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He'll never lose |
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Now it seems to me to be such a cruel irony |
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He's richer now ever he was before |
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Now my cheque is all spent and I can't afford the rent |
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There's one law for the rich, one for the poor |
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Every day I've tried to salvage some of my pride |
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To find some work so's I might pay my way |
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But everywhere I go, the answer is always no |
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There's no work for anyone here today |
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No work today |
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And so condemned I stand, just an ordinary man |
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Like thousands beside me in the queue |
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I watch my darlin' wife tryin' to make the best of life |
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God knows what the kids are goin' to do |
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Now that we are faced with this human waste |
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A generation cast aside |
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For as long as I live, I never will forgive |
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You've stripped me of my dignity & pride |
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You've stripped me bare |