The Schemers, the Scroungers, and the Rats
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G G/F# Em7
Will you still love me, will you still hug me,
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When I?m eighty four,
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When I?ve been working all my life,
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And I?m still bloody poor?
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Dust in my lungs, a broken back,
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Still can?t retire it hurts,
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Well I?m all for workers? rights and that,
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As long as I don?t have to work,
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So hats off to the schemers, to the scroungers, to the rats,
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To the ones who sleep on mattresses on the floor, clutching baseball bats,
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To the beggars and the cheaters and the kings who rise at noon,
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To the scoundrels, the misfits, the parasites, this one?s for you,
NO GUITAR
?Don?t send me on another New Deal course, I can already spell my name, you lot take the piss?
Maybe I?ll never shoot a rabbit,
Perhaps I?ll never drink champagne,
But that?s alright with me,
I prefer cider anyway,
I?m happy doing nothing,
They tell me it?s all a waste,
But I ain?t never seen no 3 piece suit,
With a smile on his face,
CHORUS
NO GUITAR
?I searched all the newspapers and made my CV, I swear there just ain?t nothing out there?
A 9 to 5, 5 days a week,
Is bottom of my list,
I just couldn?t live with myself,
Knowing there was something that I missed,
So don?t go telling me ?Take it seriously?,
Believe me I do,
But life?s for living, not for working,
And I got better things to do,
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