[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Everybody’s saying,
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That it’s gonna be alright,
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But I can’t help but wonder,
Em
If it’s gonna be on my dime,
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We are the poor ones,
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Rowing up against the tide,
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Burning our reserves of courage,
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And working just to make it alright,
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When we know it isn’t.
[Chorus]
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We know it isn’t, we know it isn’t,
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We know it isn’t, it ain’t gonna turn out right,
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We know it isn’t, we know it isn’t, oh no,
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We know it isn’t, that’s why we gots to fight.
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
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You and I are trying,
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But we don’t get to decide,
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When the man comes for our paychecks,
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Don’t you tell me it’ll be alright,
C
We aren’t the rich ones,
C
Some of us’ll barely get by,
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They buy diamond studded shoes with our taxes,
Em
Anything to keep us divided, you know it isn’t.
[Chorus]
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We know it isn’t, we know it isn’t,
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We know it isn’t, it ain’t gonna turn out right,
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We know it isn’t, we know it isn’t, oh no,
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We know it isn’t, that’s why we gots to,
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Fight, for the life and soul of the world we love,
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Fight, cause the promise is never gonna be enough.
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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Watching and waiting for ans----wers,
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Hoping we might see the light,
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You beat it into us like a ham----mer,
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So don’t you tell me it’ll be alright,
Em
When we know it isn’t.
[Chorus]
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We know it isn’t, we know it isn’t,
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We know it isn’t, it ain’t gonna turn out right,
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We know it isn’t, we know it isn’t, oh no,
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We know it isn’t, that’s why we gots to,
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Fight, for the life and soul of the world we love,
C F C F C G
Fight, cause the promise is never gonna be enough.
[Outro]
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Oh yeah,
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Oh yeah,
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You know,
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You know,
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Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah,
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Oh no . . .
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Oh, oh, oh, ooh,
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(Fade out)
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