Welcome to the Working Class Lyrics

Song	Welcome to the Working Class
Artist	David Rovics
Album	All the News That's Fit to Sing
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[00:03.299]	The average annual income of the richest
[00:05.443]	one percent is about seven hundred grand
[00:10.971]	The average annual income of the poorest
[00:13.507]	one percent is a couple Food Stamps and a pile of sand
[00:18.816]	Smack-dab in the middle, 350 thousand,
[00:22.534]	but that’s actually the top four percent
[00:26.396]	Most everybody else, say, in the bottom eighty,
[00:29.140]	is struggling to pay their mortgage or their rent
[00:34.076]	You who say you’re in the middle,
[00:36.086]	I wonder what you mean? In the middle of what and what?
[00:41.663]	I’d say you’re probably full of something that
[00:44.168]	hopefully will soon be coming out of your butt
[00:49.642]	I could join you in your fantasy, but I think I’ll have to pass
[00:57.120]	And just say welcome to the working class
[01:05.065]	If you’re wondering how you might send your kids to college,
[01:09.159]	if your savings is smaller than your debt
[01:13.029]	If your main mode of transport is an auto or a pickup,
[01:17.267]	not a helicopter or a private jet
[01:21.044]	If you drive yourself to the supermarket,
[01:24.995]	you know where to find the milk upon the shelf
[01:28.624]	If you bring the groceries home
[01:30.800]	and then you cook the food all by yourself
[01:36.643]	If your idea of a night out is ordering a pizza and watching a DVD
[01:44.282]	If your idea of social mobility is the fact that
[01:47.279]	you have broadband and a high-definition TV
[01:52.201]	You can try to convince me that you’re in the bourgeoisie
[01:56.155]	or you could just stop smoking that grass
[02:00.481]	Welcome to the working class
[02:08.194]	Welcome Welcome to the working class
[02:15.880]	If half your income’s spent on taxes, no second home on a tropic isle
[02:23.560]	If flying in economy and renting a car is your notion of vacationing in style
[02:31.258]	If you’ve never seen the world’s Seven Wonders
[02:34.938]	and you think you probably never will
[02:38.728]	Because you only get two weeks holiday each year
[02:42.759]	and you just don’t have the time to kill
[02:46.510]	If you think because you’ve got a job
[02:49.631]	and you have a roof over your heads
[02:54.148]	That you’ve attained such privilege because
[02:58.004]	your kids can sleep in separate beds
[03:01.866]	But you can’t afford the rest home for your parents
[03:05.486]	and it’s you whose gotta wipe their asses
[03:09.581]	Well then welcome to the working class
[03:17.474]	Welcome Welcome to the working class

[00:03.299]	The average annual income of the richest
[00:05.443]	one percent is about seven hundred grand
[00:10.971]	The average annual income of the poorest
[00:13.507]	one percent is a couple Food Stamps and a pile of sand
[00:18.816]	Smackdab in the middle, 350 thousand,
[00:22.534]	but that' s actually the top four percent
[00:26.396]	Most everybody else, say, in the bottom eighty,
[00:29.140]	is struggling to pay their mortgage or their rent
[00:34.076]	You who say you' re in the middle,
[00:36.086]	I wonder what you mean? In the middle of what and what?
[00:41.663]	I' d say you' re probably full of something that
[00:44.168]	hopefully will soon be coming out of your butt
[00:49.642]	I could join you in your fantasy, but I think I' ll have to pass
[00:57.120]	And just say welcome to the working class
[01:05.065]	If you' re wondering how you might send your kids to college,
[01:09.159]	if your savings is smaller than your debt
[01:13.029]	If your main mode of transport is an auto or a pickup,
[01:17.267]	not a helicopter or a private jet
[01:21.044]	If you drive yourself to the supermarket,
[01:24.995]	you know where to find the milk upon the shelf
[01:28.624]	If you bring the groceries home
[01:30.800]	and then you cook the food all by yourself
[01:36.643]	If your idea of a night out is ordering a pizza and watching a DVD
[01:44.282]	If your idea of social mobility is the fact that
[01:47.279]	you have broadband and a highdefinition TV
[01:52.201]	You can try to convince me that you' re in the bourgeoisie
[01:56.155]	or you could just stop smoking that grass
[02:00.481]	Welcome to the working class
[02:08.194]	Welcome Welcome to the working class
[02:15.880]	If half your income' s spent on taxes, no second home on a tropic isle
[02:23.560]	If flying in economy and renting a car is your notion of vacationing in style
[02:31.258]	If you' ve never seen the world' s Seven Wonders
[02:34.938]	and you think you probably never will
[02:38.728]	Because you only get two weeks holiday each year
[02:42.759]	and you just don' t have the time to kill
[02:46.510]	If you think because you' ve got a job
[02:49.631]	and you have a roof over your heads
[02:54.148]	That you' ve attained such privilege because
[02:58.004]	your kids can sleep in separate beds
[03:01.866]	But you can' t afford the rest home for your parents
[03:05.486]	and it' s you whose gotta wipe their asses
[03:09.581]	Well then welcome to the working class
[03:17.474]	Welcome Welcome to the working class

[00:03.299]	The average annual income of the richest
[00:05.443]	one percent is about seven hundred grand
[00:10.971]	The average annual income of the poorest
[00:13.507]	one percent is a couple Food Stamps and a pile of sand
[00:18.816]	Smackdab in the middle, 350 thousand,
[00:22.534]	but that' s actually the top four percent
[00:26.396]	Most everybody else, say, in the bottom eighty,
[00:29.140]	is struggling to pay their mortgage or their rent
[00:34.076]	You who say you' re in the middle,
[00:36.086]	I wonder what you mean? In the middle of what and what?
[00:41.663]	I' d say you' re probably full of something that
[00:44.168]	hopefully will soon be coming out of your butt
[00:49.642]	I could join you in your fantasy, but I think I' ll have to pass
[00:57.120]	And just say welcome to the working class
[01:05.065]	If you' re wondering how you might send your kids to college,
[01:09.159]	if your savings is smaller than your debt
[01:13.029]	If your main mode of transport is an auto or a pickup,
[01:17.267]	not a helicopter or a private jet
[01:21.044]	If you drive yourself to the supermarket,
[01:24.995]	you know where to find the milk upon the shelf
[01:28.624]	If you bring the groceries home
[01:30.800]	and then you cook the food all by yourself
[01:36.643]	If your idea of a night out is ordering a pizza and watching a DVD
[01:44.282]	If your idea of social mobility is the fact that
[01:47.279]	you have broadband and a highdefinition TV
[01:52.201]	You can try to convince me that you' re in the bourgeoisie
[01:56.155]	or you could just stop smoking that grass
[02:00.481]	Welcome to the working class
[02:08.194]	Welcome Welcome to the working class
[02:15.880]	If half your income' s spent on taxes, no second home on a tropic isle
[02:23.560]	If flying in economy and renting a car is your notion of vacationing in style
[02:31.258]	If you' ve never seen the world' s Seven Wonders
[02:34.938]	and you think you probably never will
[02:38.728]	Because you only get two weeks holiday each year
[02:42.759]	and you just don' t have the time to kill
[02:46.510]	If you think because you' ve got a job
[02:49.631]	and you have a roof over your heads
[02:54.148]	That you' ve attained such privilege because
[02:58.004]	your kids can sleep in separate beds
[03:01.866]	But you can' t afford the rest home for your parents
[03:05.486]	and it' s you whose gotta wipe their asses
[03:09.581]	Well then welcome to the working class
[03:17.474]	Welcome Welcome to the working class

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