We are sick and tired
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Of being promised this and that.
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We work all day, we sweat and slave
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To keep the wealthy fat.
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They fill our heads with promises
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And bamboozle us with facts,
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Then they put on false sincerity
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Then they laugh behind our backs.
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[Chorus:]
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Money and Corruption
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Are ruining the land
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Crooked politicians
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Betray the working man,
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Pocketing the profits
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And treating us like sheep,
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And we're tired of hearing promises
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That we know they'll never keep.
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[Chorus]
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Promises, promises, all we get are promises.
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Show us a man who'll understand us, guide us and lead us.
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We are sick and tired
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Of having to ask them cap in hand
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We crawl on the floor
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We beg for more,
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But still we are ignored.
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We're tired of being herded
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Like a mindless flock of sheep
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And we're tired of hearing promises
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That we know they'll never keep.
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[Chorus]
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We've got to stand together
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Every woman, every man,
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Because money and corruption are ruining the land.
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Show us a man who'll be our Saviour and will lead us.
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Show us a man who'll understand us, guide us and lead us.
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Show us a man.
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Workers of the nation unite.
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Workers of the nation unite.
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I visualise a day when people will be free
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And we'll be living in a new society.
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No class distinction, no slums or poverty
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I have a vision of a new society.
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And every home will have a stereo and TV,
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A deep freeze, quadrasonic and a washing machine.
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So workers of the nation unite.
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I am your man
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I'll work out a five-year plan
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So vote for me brothers
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And I will save this land
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And we will nationalise the wealthy companies
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And all the directors will be answerable to me,
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There'll be no shirking of responsibilities
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So people of the nation unite.
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Union Man I'll work with you hand in hand
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For we're all brothers to our Union Man.
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I am your man,
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Oh God how I love this land,
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So join together save the Fatherland.
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I visualize a day when people will be free
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And we'll be living in a new society.
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No class distinction, no slums or poverty,
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So workers of the nation unite,
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Workers of the nation unite,
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People of the nation unite.
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Money & Corruption / I Am Your Man
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| The Kinks |
