Come here ladies and gentleman
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Listen to my song
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Play it to you right
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But you may think it wrong
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May make you mad
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But I mean no harm
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It's just about the renters
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On Penny's farm
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It's a hard time in the country
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Down on Penny's farm
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Go into the fields
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And you work all day
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Deep into the night
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But you get no pay
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Promise you some meat
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Or a little bucket of lard
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It's hard to make a living
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On Penny's farm
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It's a hard time in the country
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Down on Penny's farm
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Hear George Penny
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He'll be coming into town
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With a wagon load of peaches
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Not a one of them sound
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Gotta get his money
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Gotta get a check
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Pay you for a bushel
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But you never get a peck
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It's a hard time in the country
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Down on Penny's farm
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George Penny's renters
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They be coming into town
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With their hands in their pockets
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And their heads hanging down
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Go to the merchant
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And the merchant he'll say,
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"your mortgage it is due
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And I'm looking for my pay"
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It's a hard time in the country
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Down on Penny's farm
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Deep into his pocket
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With a trembling hand,
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"can't pay you what I owe
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But I'll pay you what I can"
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Down to the merchant
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And the merchant make a call
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Put you on the chain gang
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Don't pay at all
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It's a hard time in the country
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Down on Penny's farm
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Down On Penny's Farm
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| Natalie Merchant |
