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 
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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 
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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
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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 d-o-w-n

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I never missed a day nor went on 
strike for higher pay
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For twenty years I served them 
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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 
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his cigar
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And still he takes his family on a 
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cruise,
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he'll never l-o-s-e
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Well it seems to me such a cruel 
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irony
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He's richer now than ever he was 
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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 
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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 
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today,
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no work t-o-D-A-y
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And so condemned I stand, just an 
ordinary man
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Like thousands beside me in the 
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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 
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this human waste
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A ge---neration cast aside
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And as long as I live, I never 
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will forgive
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You've stripped me of my dignity 
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and pride,
                                    
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you've stripped me B-A-r-E,   you've
 stripped me B-A-r-E,
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you've stripped me B-A-r-E.