Album : Great Big Sea
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They keep talking of the things they'd do if we'd only vote them inOne more dollar and all the bickering and suffering would end.If you'd sign your 'X' in favour it's three jobs for every manYou can burn your boats, thats what they said,It seemed they had it planned.And I hope they haven't forgotten, the promises they madeCHORUS:Cause they said they'd stop the fightingAnd they said they would bring peaceAnd they said they'd find a serum that can cure all our disease.And they said they'd house the homelessAnd put black and white in tuneAnd they said they'd feed a hungry childAnd I hope it's someday soonSaw a man sleep in an alley lane with a paper for a bedAnd the headline shown beneath the man and this is what they read,"If elected there would be no persons living in the street"But the paper couldn't even provide shelter for his freezing feet.And I hope they haven't forgotten, The promises they madeCHORUSWell they said it would be so different, if we'd would only play theirgamesAnd I've been playing for so long and I swear its still the same!CHORUS x 2
They keep talking of the things they'd do if we'd only vote them inOne more dollar and all the bickering and suffering would end.If you'd sign your 'X' in favour it's three jobs for every manYou can burn your boats, thats what they said,It seemed they had it planned.And I hope they haven't forgotten, the promises they madeCHORUS:Cause they said they'd stop the fightingAnd they said they would bring peaceAnd they said they'd find a serum that can cure all our disease.And they said they'd house the homelessAnd put black and white in tuneAnd they said they'd feed a hungry childAnd I hope it's someday soonSaw a man sleep in an alley lane with a paper for a bedAnd the headline shown beneath the man and this is what they read,"If elected there would be no persons living in the street"But the paper couldn't even provide shelter for his freezing feet.And I hope they haven't forgotten, The promises they madeCHORUSWell they said it would be so different, if we'd would only play theirgamesAnd I've been playing for so long and I swear its still the same!CHORUS x 2