My daddy worked a lifetime, yeah
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For the Power Company
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Turning night into day, yeah
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Yeah, for the Power Company
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You know that he can still recall when the company was God,
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Man was a slave
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Throughout a war-torn strife,
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My daddy held his lit electric light.
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Power Company
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They told him: 'join the union, lad, or we'll kick you in the ass'.
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Power Company
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I grew up with these words printed on my back
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Power Company
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Whoa, oh, oh, oh¡¦Power Company
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Whoa, oh, oh, oh¡¦when will you be free?
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I worked like a dog all day on the production line
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This factory is a jail, every day of your life you know
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You're doing time
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Now I got a little car
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And I can't afford the gas
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The house is cold and draughty
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And the kids grow up too fast
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I walk around, no future, no past
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Power Company
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Whoa, oh, oh, oh¡¦Power Company
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Whoa, oh, oh, oh¡¦when will you be free?
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How this world keeps on turning every day is a mystery
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My old man gets up each morning
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And he goes to work each day at the Power Company
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Yeah, he still does his little job and it isn't very hard
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A computer to talk to instead of people he once knew
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And the bosses at the top
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They never seem to stop
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Power Company
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And we're singin'
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Whoa, oh, oh, oh¡¦Power Company
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Whoa, oh, oh, oh¡¦when will you be free?
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Whoa, oh, oh, oh¡¦Power Company
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Whoa, oh, oh, oh¡¦when will you be free?
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Yeah, when will you be free from the Power Company? (Power Company)
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Whoa, oh, oh, oh, when will you be free? (Power Company)
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Ask yourself a question and look around you (Power Company)
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You ask yourself a truth that you'll find out (Power Company)
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And you'll never be free (from the Power Company)
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Yeah, move your head (Power Company)
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Move your soul¡¦
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(Burdon, Carter, Gartig, Kravetz, Noya, Passmann)
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Power Company
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