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s a lowdown dirty shame that's why I got the blues Got those inflation blues 'Cause I have Mr. President, please cut the price of sugar I wanna make my coffee sweet I wanna smear some butter on my bread And I just got to have my meat When you start rationing You really played the game And things are going up and up and up and up And my check remains the same that's why I got the blues Got those inflation blues
'Cause it's the state of the nation (state of the nation) That's holding our salvation (our salvation) 'Cause it's the state of the nation (state of the nation) That's holding our salvation (ah ah ah ah) The state of the nation (ooh) Is causing death inflation (ah ah ah ah) Oh, the state of the nation (state of the nation) Is causing death inflation (ah ah ah ah) State of the nation State of the nation State of the nation State of the nation State of the nation State of the nation State of the nation State of the nation State Ooh, ah ah ah ah Ooh, ah ah ah ha Ooh, ah ah ah ah Ooh, ah ah ah ah Even now Our salvation Ooh, ah ah ah ah Even now I'm all alone Behind a wall that's made of stone I think about (think about) where we have been And all the sights that could be seen I know it all could be worthwhile If only I could force a smile Now we turn our backs to the sea The shame of a nation we'll never be 'Cause it's the state of the nation (state of the nation) That's holding our salvation (our salvation) Yes it's the state of the nation (state of the nation) That's holding our salvation (ah ah ah ah) The state of the nation (state of the nation, ooh)) Is causing death inflation (ah ah ah ah) Oh, the state of the nation (ooh) Is causing death inflation (ah ah ah ah) Ooh, ah ah ah ah Ooh, ah ah ah ah Ooh, our salvation State of the nation (ah ah ah ah) Our salvation State of the nation (ooh ah ah ah ah) Our salvation State of the nation (ooh ah ah ah ah) Our salvation
Dah, dah, dah, dah Rockets, moon shots Spend it on the have nots Money, we make it 'Fore we see it you take it Oh, make you wanna holler The way they do my life Make me wanna holler The way they do my life This ain't livin', this ain't livin' No, no baby, this ain't livin' No, no, no Inflation no chance To increase finance Bills pile up sky high Send that boy off to die Make me wanna holler The way they do my life Make me wanna holler The way they do my life Dah, dah, dah Dah, dah, dah Hang ups, let downs Bad breaks, set backs Natural fact is I can't pay my taxes Oh, make me wanna holler And throw up both my hands Yeah, it makes me wanna holler And throw up both my hands Crime is increasing Trigger happy policing Panic is spreading God know where we're heading Oh, make me wanna holler They don't understand Dah, dah, dah Mother, mother Everybody thinks we're wrong Who are they to judge us Simply cause we wear our hair long
Rockets, moon shots Spend it on the have nots Money, we make it Fore we see it you take it Oh, make you wanna holler The way they do my life Make me wanna holler The way they do my life This ain't livin' This ain't livin' No, no baby, this ain't livin' No, no, no Inflation no chance To increase finance Bills pile up sky high Send that boy off to die Make me wanna holler The way they do my life Make me wanna holler The way they do my life Hang-ups, let downs Bad breaks, set backs Natural fact is I can't pay my taxes Oh, make me wanna holler And throw up both my hands Yea, it makes me wanna holler And throw up both my hands Crime is increasing Trigger happy policing Panic is spreading God knows where We're heading Oh, make me wanna holler They don't understand Make me wanna holler They don't understand
Alright Tell you 'bout Dirty now Tell you 'bout Dirty now Tell you 'bout Dirty now Tell you 'bout Dirty now Check this out, alright, alright Yea I'm gonna tell ya a story bout this cat His name was Dirty And uh, he lived down the street from me Second house, shotgun house You can check this out okay He's not around anymore No his name was Dirty He was slick and thought he was perdy White hats and women Or anything that was tight and he could fit in Had a way with numbers Ran 'em so unencumbered Had a reputation for love inflation You see that was his employment As he worked for enjoyment Tell you 'bout Dirty Tell you 'bout Dirty Tell you 'bout Dirty
Dah, dah, dah, dah Dah, dah, dah-dah, dah, dah Dah, dah, dah, dah Dah, dah, dah-dah, dah, dah Dah, dah, dah Rockets, moon shots Spend it on the have nots Money, we make it Fore we see it you take it Oh, make me want to holler The way they do my life (yeah) Make me want to holler The way they do my life This ain't livin', this ain't livin' No, no baby, this ain't livin' No, no, no, no Inflation no chance To increase finance Bills pile up sky high Send that boy off to die Oh, make me want to holler The way they do my life (duh, duh, duh) Yeah, make me want to holler The way they do my life Oh, baby Dah, dah, dah Dah, dah, dah Hang-ups, let downs Bad breaks, set backs Natural fact is Oh honey that I can't pay my taxes Oh, make me want to holler And throw up both my hands Yea, it make me want to holler And throw up both my hands Oh (ow) crime is (woo) increasing Trigger happy policing Panic is spreading God knows where we're heading Oh, make me want to holler They don't understand Dah, dah, dah Dah, dah, dah Dah, dah, dah Mother, mother Everybody thinks we're wrong Who are they to judge us Simply cause we wear our hair long
Too many lawyers in football, baseballs gotta few The pitcher got a million dollars and the quarterback he got two Pitcher threw his arm away and the quarterback burned his knee And this they did so they could live the American dream Now there are some preachers on T.V. with a suit and a tie and a vest They want you to send your money to the Lord but they give you Their address 'cause all of your donations are completely tax free God bless you all but most of all send your money Do you really want it, do you really need it Ya gotta keep on grindin' just ta try ta keep it Ya got no time for yourself, ya got more ba Roe Jim beam You're goin' crazy, dreamin' the American dream Reagan is a cuttin' the budget makin' the democrats scream Says, we gotta control inflation, quit spendin' our money on everything But this years tax increase, why? It's the biggest in history Round and a round we go where we stop, who knows the American dream Do you really want it, do you really need it Ya gotta keep on grindin' just ta try ta keep it We got no time for ourselves ya got more ba Roe Jim beam You're goin' crazy, dreamin' the American dream You're goin' crazy, dreamin' the American dream Hail to the chief, hell, yeah
Fifty million voices mumbling from the street Talking about the 80's and who it will mistreat Now, Joseph Worken Hardy, checkin' out the jive Glancing at his pocketbook, inflation is alive I stand tall, let me talk I stand tall, let me talk Miss Sophisticated, your nose up in the air Trying to find excitement, in the labels that you wear Now, I may disappoint you, with the thins I say But deep inside, a message burns withing me everyday I stand tall, let me talk I stand tall, let me talk We're all the same, with different names Will you play your role, just as you're told Let me talk, let me talk Let me talk, let me talk Won't you come on down, put your feet on the ground Get in touch with you, let your love come through World automotive's chase the Arab wheel Partnerships on nuclear, trying to make a deal Where does it all lead to I'm sure the question flows Through many minds around the world I'm sure nobody knows I stand tall, let me talk I stand tall, let me talk I stand tall, let me talk I stand tall, let me talk
I walked down past the courthouse square three blocks or maybe four Run into my old friend there who runs a handy hardware store I said mornin' Lon what's the good word He said Abraham Lincoln Lone Ranger Mickey Mouse and I'm sold out of flagpoles I popped the top off a soda pop laid a quarter on the bar I said inflation is a dirty dog my payday sure ain't goin' far Liberty said Lonnie E Pluribus Uni in God we trust and I'm sold out of flagpoles I said hey Lonnie did you see Evel Knievel jumpin' on TV Jumped 13 buses with his machine reckon he could jump 14 No doubt said Lonnie winners keep on winnin' Even losers win sometimes and I'm sold out of flagpoles Ain't this been a year I said for frost and blight and flood and drought Twice as many tornados reckon it's all caused by fallout No it's the season said Lonnie they change Wind's gonna blow always did and I'm sold out of flagpoles Hey what d'you think about the sheriff's daughter Runnin' off with the preacher's son The sheriff's wife had to hold him back from goin' after them with his gun Boys and girls said Lonnie will get together Everything's normal and I'm sold out of flagpoles And I'm sold out of flagpoles sold out of flagpoles sold out of flagpoles
Dah, dah, dah, dah Dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah Dah, dah, dah, dah Dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah Dah, dah, dah Rockets, moon shots Spend it on the have nots Money, we make it Fore we see it you take it Oh, make you wanna holler The way they do my life Make me wanna holler The way they do my life This ain't livin', this ain't livin' No, no baby, this ain't livin' No, no, no Inflation no chance To increase finance Bills pile up sky high Send that boy off to die Make me wanna holler The way they do my life Make me wanna holler The way they do my life Dah, dah, dah Dah, dah, dah Hang ups, let downs Bad breaks, set backs Natural fact is I can't pay my taxes Oh, make me wanna holler And throw up both my hands Yea, it makes me wanna holler And throw up both my hands Crime is increasing Trigger happy policing Panic is spreading God know where we're heading Oh, make me wanna holler They don't understand Dah, dah, dah Dah, dah, dah Dah, dah, dah Mother, mother Everybody thinks we're wrong Who are they to judge us Simply cause we wear our hair long
Black and viscous, bound to cure blue lethargy Sugar-plum petroleum for energy Tightrope-balanced payments need a small reprieve Oh, please believe we want to be In North Sea Oil New-found wealth sits on the shelf of yesterday Hot-air balloon, inflation soon will make you pay Riggers rig and diggers dig their shallow grave But we'll be saved and what we crave In North Sea Oil Prices boom in Aberdeen and London Town Ten more years to lay the fears, erase the frown Before we are all nuclear, the better way!
Fifty million voices mumbling from the street Talking about the eighties and who it will mistreat Now, Joseph Worken Hardy, checkin' out the jive Glancing at his pocketbook, inflation is alive I (I) stand tall (stand tall), let me talk (let me talk), let me talk, yeah I (I) stand tall (stand tall), let me talk (let me talk), let me talk Now Miss Sophisticated, your nose up in the air Trying to find excitement, in the labels that you wear Now, I may disappoint you, with the things I say But deep inside, a message burns withing me everyday I (I) stand tall (stand tall), let me talk (let me talk), let me talk, yeah I (I) stand tall (stand tall), let me talk (let me talk), let me talk, ey yeah We're all the same, with different names Will you play your role, just as you've been told Let me talk, let me talk, let me talk, let me talk Let me talk, let me talk Won't you come on down, put your feet on the ground Get in touch with you, let your love come through World automotives chase the Arab wheel Partnerships on nuclear, trying to make a deal Now where does it lead to I'm sure the question flows Through many minds around the world I'm sure nobody knows I, I I stand tall, let me talk, let me talk I stand tall, let me talk, let me talk I, I, I stand tall, let me talk, let me talk
Fifty million voices mumbling from the street Talking about the eighties and who it will mistreat Now, Joseph Worken Hardy, checkin' out the jive Glancing at his pocketbook, inflation is alive I (I) stand tall (stand tall), let me talk (let me talk), let me talk, yeah I (I) stand tall (stand tall), let me talk (let me talk), let me talk Now Miss Sophisticated, your nose up in the air Trying to find excitement, in the labels that you wear Now, I may disappoint you, with the things I say But deep inside, a message burns withing me everyday I (I) stand tall (stand tall), let me talk (let me talk), let me talk, yeah I (I) stand tall (stand tall), let me talk (let me talk), let me talk, ey yeah We're all the same, with different names Will you play your role, just as you've been told Let me talk, let me talk, let me talk, let me talk Let me talk, let me talk Won't you come on down, put your feet on the ground Get in touch with you, let your love come through World automotives chase the Arab wheel Partnerships on nuclear, trying to make a deal Now where does it lead to I'm sure the question flows Through many minds around the world I'm sure nobody knows I, I I stand tall, let me talk, let me talk I stand tall, let me talk, let me talk I, I, I stand tall, let me talk, let me talk
I think I'm sophisticated 'Cause I'm living my life like a good homosapien But all around me, everybody's multiplying And they're walking round like flies man So I'm no better than the animals sitting in their cages In the zoo man Because compared to the flowers and the birds and the trees I am an Apeman I think I'm so educated and I'm so civilized 'Cause I'm a strict vegetarian But with the over-population and inflation and starvation And the crazy politicians I don't feel safe in this world no more I don't want to die in a nuclear war I want to sail away to a distant shore And make like an Apeman I'm an Apeman, I'm an Ape Apeman No, I'm an Apeman Well, I'm a King Kong man, I'm a Voo-Doo man No, I'm an Apeman 'Cause compared to the sun that sits in the sky Compared to the clouds as they roll by Compared to the bugs and the spiders and flies I am an Apeman I'm an Apeman, I'm an Ape Apeman No, I'm an Apeman Well, I'm a King Kong man, I'm a Voo-Doo man No, I'm an Apeman I don't feel safe in this world no more I don't want to die in a nuclear war I want to sail away to a distant shore And make like an Apeman
Yes he wears a whitе collar Treat it with respect He wears a white collar Treat it with respect Financially he’s solid wreck Teacher, teacher be a happy drudge Ooh teacher, teacher be a happy drudge You can stoke yourself on That old intellectual fudge I’ve got the teacher’s blues Those blues are on my mind I’ve got the teacher’s blues Those blues are on my mind ‘Cause inflation’s got me Done left me far behind
Lady luck just let you down, she's just another girl Grins and snickers all around Imitation pearl, bones Mass inflation, welfare line, gross economy Trade it all for what's behind Curtain number three Gourmet restaurant, best in town Don't know what you ate Fresh last week is still around Sodium phosphate, bones Hi-class, jet-set, bourgeois scene European style Think they know the way to be Missed it by a mile, of bones
They're making massive reductions, Massive reductions. They're laying me off all because of inflation, I'm losing my job and my reputation. Good-bye my big house, my big car. Now it's all up to welfare, I hear that everybody's going there.
Tryin' to make a livin' it's harder every day By the time I see a dollar just another bill to pay I got a wife and family and the bills are pilin' high These days it ain't easy for a working man to get by I can't help but wonder what a man suppose to do I got those hard breaking escalatin' high inflation blues By the time I get the payday the money's already gone Someone's eatin' chicken all I git is the bones My wife needs a new coat the kids need clothes to school We're all out of grocery's and it's Tuesday afternoon Well it could drive a man to drinkin' but I can't afford the booze I got those hard breaking escalatin' high inflation blues The cost of livin' keeps goin' up the taxes ain't goin' down I'm just treadin' water to tryin' not to drown Mr Courter I know you're up there and I should could use a hen So won't you please have mercy on a common working man I just keep on tryin' doin' all that I can do I got those hard breaking escalatin' high inflation blues (yodel)
Ooh, if, if you have a plan Ah-ah-ah-ah, if you've got a master plan (Got the, got the vote for you, oh) (Hey, hey, got the vote for you, 'cause) (You're the man, ooh) Dee-dee-dee-dee, whoo Dee-dee-dee-dee We don't wanna hear no more lies About how you planned a compromise We want our dollar value increased And employment to rise The nation's taxation Is causin' all, all this inflation Don't give us no peace sign Turn around, rob the people blind Ah, economics, whoo is the issue Do you have a plan with you?
Hey mr. president All your congressmen, too You got me frustrated And i don't know what to do I'm trying to make a living I can't save a cent It takes all of my money Just to eat and pay my rent I got the blues Got those inflation blues You know, i'm not one Of those high brows I'm average joe to you I came up eating cornbread Candied yams and chicken stew Now you take that paper dollar It's only that in name The way that buck has shrunk It's a lowdown dirty shame That's why i got the blues Got those inflation blues Mr. president Please cut the price of sugar I wanna make my coffee sweet I wanna smear some butter on my bread And i just got to have my meat When you start rationing You really played the game And things are going up And up and up and up And my check remains the same That's why i got the blues Got those inflation blues
Ooh, if, if you have a plan Ah-ah-ah-ah, if you've got a master plan (Got the, got the vote for you, oh) (Hey, hey, got the vote for you, 'cause) (You're the man, ooh) Dee-dee-dee-dee, whoo Dee-dee-dee-dee We don't wanna hear no more lies About how you planned a compromise We want our dollar value increased And employment to rise The nation's taxation Is causin' all, all this inflation Don't give us no peace sign Turn around, rob the people blind Ah, economics, whoo is the issue Do you have a plan with you?
Chorus: We are the people they couldn't figure out We are the people our parents warned us about Hey hey, Gardner McKay, take us on the leaky Tiki with you Clear skies bound for Shanghai, sailin' on the ocean blue Now I got quarters in my loafers tryin' to fight inflation When it only used to take a cent Sometimes I wish I was back in my crashpad days before I knew what cash flow meant Seems everybody's joggin' or heavy into health shit Don't tell me that I ought to get rolffed 'Cause I love cajun martinis and playin' afternoon golf Chorus: We are the people there isn't any doubt We are the people they still can't figure out We are the people who love to sing "Twist and Shout" (Shake it up, Baby now) We are the people our parents warned us about.
With a long range weapon or suicide bomber Wicked mind is a weapon of mass destruction Whether your stowaway's son or BBC 1 Dis-information is a weapon of mass destruct You could a Caucasian or a poor Asian Racism is a weapon of mass destruction Whether inflation or globalization Fear is a weapon of mass destruction My dad came into my room holding his hat I knew he was leaving, he sat on my bed told me some facts son I have a duty, calling on me You and your sister be brave my little soldier, and don't forget all i told ya Your the mister of the house now remember this And when you wake up in the morning give ya momma a kiss, then I had to say goodbye In the morning i woke momma with a kiss on each eyelid, Even though I'm only a kid, certain things can't be hid Momma grabbed me, held me like i was made of gold, but left her in the story untold I said, momma it will be alright, when daddy comes home, tonight With a long range weapon or suicide bomber Wicked mind is a weapon of mass destruction Whether your stowaway's son or BBC 1 Dis-information is a weapon of mass destruct You could a Caucasian or a poor asian Racism is a weapon of mass destruction Whether inflation or globalization Fear is a weapon of mass destruction Whether Haliburton, Enron or anyone Greed is a weapon of mass destruction We need to find courage, overcome Inaction is a weapon of mass destruction Inaction is a weapon of mass destruction Inaction is a weapon of mass destruction My story stops here, lets be clear this scenario is happening everywhere and you ain't going to nirvana or favana You coming right back here to live out your karma with even more drama than previously, seriously Just how many centuries have we been waiting for someone else to make us free And we refuse to sleep, the people overseas are just like we Mad leadership, amigos, unfettered and free They feed one the people they're supposed to lead, i don't need it We need to pray away, for the lord to make it all straight Its only now we do it right, 'cause I don't want my daddy, leavin home tonight With a long range weapon or suicide bomber Wicked mind is a weapon of mass destruction Whether your stowaway's son or BBC 1 Dis-information is a weapon of mass destruct You could a Caucasian or a poor Asian Racism is a weapon of mass destruction Whether inflation or globalization Fear is a weapon of mass destruction Whether Haliburton, Enron or anyone Greed is a weapon of mass destruction We need to find courage, overcome Inaction is a weapon of mass destruction Inaction is a weapon of mass destruction Inaction is a weapon of mass destruction
Da da da, da do Da da da da, da da do do do, da da da Rockets, moon shots Spend it on the have nots money, we make it Before we see it, you take it Oh, make me wanna holler The way they do my life make me wanna holler The way they do my life This ain't livin', this ain't livin' No, no, baby, this ain't livin' no, no, no Inflation, no chance to increase finance Bills pile up, sky high Send that boy off to die Oh, make me wanna holler The way they do my life Yeah, makes me wanna holler The way they do my lifе oh, baby Hang-ups, letdowns bad breaks, setbacks Natural fact is Honеy, that I can't pay my taxes Oh, make me wanna holler Throw up both my hands makes me wanna holler Throw up both my hands Crime is increasin' trigger happy policin' Panic is spreading God knows where we're heading Makes me wanna holler you don't understand Makes me wanna holler you don't understand
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