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Landlords and Grocery Stores
I’m a burden on society
How could that possibly be?
All the money goes
To Landlords and Grocery stores
Upstream where they make the rules
On the hilltop, they talk like fools
With their minds too
Dull for dreaming
I got knocked down. I don’t know why
Happened when I stepped outside
The door closed
And locked behind me
Read about the good old days
Children worked in factories
They work there now
Wherever the laws allow
Wherever you are, you are
That was one time
One of the times I needed you
Everyday, feel like February
A heavy cough and what I’m wearing
Is all I got
To get me through to summertime
I’m a burden on society
That’s what they want me to believe
But the money goes
It goes to landlords and grocery stores
I don’t know why….I got locked outside
Back in the good old days…worked in factories
Hey where’d the money go
It went to landlords and grocery stores
That’s where it went
That’s where the money goes
Box of crackers and you pay the rent
Ask me where my money got spent
It went to landlords
Landlords and grocery stores
Whoever you are, you are
That was one time
One of the times I needed you
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Your Life For Money
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Your Life For Money
Would you trade your life for money?
Come on, it’s just a little
bit of poison, nothing you can’t swallow.
It's like losing a hand, but you get to keep the middle finger.
It's gonna hurt a lot at first, then pain is going to linger.
When you trade life for money.
How far does the water flow?
How deep will the poison go?
Would you sell your blood to vampires,
who tear up the wilds,
who spread contagion building empires,
who solve their problems by writing out cheques?
They look you in the eye while they size up your neck.
When you sell blood to vampires.
How far does the water flow?
How deep will the poison go?
Would you trade your life for money,
to drive a big truck, pay for your funeral?
Just keep pushing your luck
with the billionaires who make holes in the ground.
They got a grave dug for you when you finally fall down.
When you trade life for money.
How far does the water flow?
How deep will the poison go?
How far does the water flow?
How deep will the poison go?
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