Close It Down

	  		

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Fifteen long years in the strip mill at Ravenscraig, 
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twenty-five more in the bowels of the earth, 
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digging for fuel to fire the bosses 
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who turn around and tell us that we've no more work. 




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Close it down, shut it. Not enough profit. 
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Padlock the gates, aye, and send the men home. 
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No sir, not viable; we've become liable 
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for the working class people, whose work is all done. 


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Long days in the shipyards, quietly waiting, 
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redundancy notice in holiday pay. 
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Privatized power for fortunate people 
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with shares in the marketplace ready to trade. 



(Chorus) 


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Fat cats are sharing the cream of the booty 
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while people lay shivering in boxes of card. 
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No jobs today; come back tomorrow. 
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We'll tell you the same thing, it isn't so hard. 



(Chorus) 


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Lay off the workers, the fathers, the sons; 
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people who spent their lives under the ground 
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earning a wage for a family to keep all their 
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heads above water, 'til the next work is found.