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Working Man's Dirge

from Brother Sisyphus by Jak Locke

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lyrics

Spend your life for the powers that say they be
I ain't never worked for nothing see
Now that's all of which that we're aware
Sucked into the great American nightmare
Life ain't nothing 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
Looking for a job, you just pick your poison
Blue collar sap with white collar ambitions
He don't have a chance but just to take what they're dishing
Class structure shining as it has for years
Kept nice and shining by the working man's tears
Cut the middle rungs out the corporate ladder
Working man, good luck, cuz to them you don't matter anyway
Working man, good luck, cuz to them you don't matter anyway
Working man, good luck, cuz to them you don't matter anyway

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from Brother Sisyphus, released September 10, 2004
Jak Locke: all instruments / vocals

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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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