The Working Class

from Color Movies by Dane Terry

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THE WORKING CLASS

we are honest and true
friendly to children and animals
though we'll kill to eat
if it comes down to that
we like our radio, our cars, our color TVs
and god on a sunday
we are the working class

Jesus he knows where you live
he knows what your daddy does
when that giving plate is empty
you know he understands
they say he drank up the river
and he spit it out wine babe
yeah right in the smiling face
of the working class

some of it runs down our chins
and stains our clothes
some of it falls in our mouths
and makes us sing
songs where going home
is like dying at last
we are, we are, we are,
the working class

I cut out the pages of a book
in the shape of a handgun
it’s under my bed next to a few months pay
it’s not enough to quit my job
or buy a bigger house
but why would I wanna move anyway?

we are honest and true
and we like to tell a few jokes
we're rough ‘round the edges
but boy, do we know how to love
I tell ya, if I won the lotto today I’d give it all up in a flash
just to stay, to stay right here
in the working class

I wanna stay, let me stay
in the working class

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from Color Movies, released March 24, 2015

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