The shops where filled with things that I could buy
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But the prices up them all the guns got high
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Don't suppose they're gonna drop
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Gotta get used to the charity shop
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Just tell me how can poor men
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Stand such times and live
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Seems like only yesterday food was so cheap
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Now the cost of...goes up every week
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So you search for the best deeds
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Have to miss out on some leaves
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Just tell me how can poor men
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Stand such times and live
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Get that first foot on the ladder they all say
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They know there's no way
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Ain't no bank that's gonna lend
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They got bonuses to spend
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Just tell me how can poor men
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Stand such times and live
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Comfort house is something I would never get
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Put my name down on the list I'm waiting yet
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So I'm renting my...landlords profiting on me
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Just tell me how can poor men
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Stand such times and live
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Getting round is getting harder everyday
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Used to drive a car but lately there's no way
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Trains are only for the rich
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And the buses are the rich
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Just tell me how can poor men
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Stand such times and live
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And the doctors don't' come out no more at night
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They won't treat you if the think you don't live right
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Well they privatize the rest
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Soon there'll be no energies
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Just tell me how can poor men
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Stand such times and live
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Keeping war is something poor folks cannot do
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Cause the oilmen need to drive a yacht nor too
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The companies may go as the pensioners may come
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Just tell me how can poor men
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Stand such times and live
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Just tell me how can poor men
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Stand such times and live
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Just tell me how can poor men
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Stand such times and live
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How Can Poor Men Stand Such Times And Live
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