Working Man's Dirge
from A Sleeping Afternoon by Jak Locke
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lyrics
Spend your life for the powers that say they be
I ain't never worked for nothin see
Now that's all of which that we're aware
Sucked into the great American nightmare
Life ain't nothin but a paycheck in your hand
From your sweat to the bank to the government man
Start young and foolish, end up old and poor
The utility tax man knocks on your broke down door
Childhood memories, hope that you enjoyed them
Lookin for a job you just pick your poison
Blue collar sap, white collar ambitions
He don't have a chance but just to take what they're dishin out to him
Class structure shining as it has for years
Kept nice and shiny by the workin man's tears
Cut the middle rungs out the corporate ladder
Workin man, good luck cuz to them you don't matter anyway
Workin man, good luck cuz to them you don't matter anyway
Workin man, good luck cuz to them you don't matter anyway
I ain't never worked for nothin see
Now that's all of which that we're aware
Sucked into the great American nightmare
Life ain't nothin but a paycheck in your hand
From your sweat to the bank to the government man
Start young and foolish, end up old and poor
The utility tax man knocks on your broke down door
Childhood memories, hope that you enjoyed them
Lookin for a job you just pick your poison
Blue collar sap, white collar ambitions
He don't have a chance but just to take what they're dishin out to him
Class structure shining as it has for years
Kept nice and shiny by the workin man's tears
Cut the middle rungs out the corporate ladder
Workin man, good luck cuz to them you don't matter anyway
Workin man, good luck cuz to them you don't matter anyway
Workin man, good luck cuz to them you don't matter anyway
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from A Sleeping Afternoon,
released July 19, 2001
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Jak Locke New Orleans, Louisiana
Jak Locke is a multi-genre songwriter and performer based in and native to New Orleans, LA.
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Nov 2023 -
Sep 2020 -
Aug 2018 -
Aug 2016
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