Ordinary Man

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    I'm an ordinary man, nothing special, nothing grand,
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    I've had to work for everything I own.
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    I never asked for a lot, I was happy with what I'd got,
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    enough to keep my family and my home.
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    Now they say that times are hard and they've handed me my cards,
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    they say there's not the work to go around.
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    And 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 do……..wn.

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    I never missed a day nor went on strike for better pay,
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    for twenty years I served them best I could,
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    now with a handshake and a cheque it seems so easy to forget,
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    loyalty through the bad times and through 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 lose.
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    He still drives a car and smokes his cigar,
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    and still he takes his family on a cruise,
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    he'll never lo……....se.

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    Now it seems to me such a cruel irony,
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    he's richer now than ever he was before.
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    Now my cheque is 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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    Oh, but everywhere I go, the answer's always ”No !”
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    there's no work for anyone here today,
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    no work tod……..…ay.“

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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 darling wife trying to make the best of life,
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    and God knows what the kids are going 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 and pride.

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    You've stripped me ba……...re. (3x)

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