Do They Owe Us a Living?

by Crass

From the album: Best Before... 1984

Track 1 of 20 on Best Before... 1984 (1986).

Duration: 1:51

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Lyrics for Do They Owe Us a Living?

Fuck the politically minded, here's something I want to say About the state of nation, the way it treats us today At school they give you shit, drop you in the pit You try, you try, you try to get out But you can't because they've fucked you about Then you're a prime example of how they must not be This is just a sample of what they've done to you and me Do they owe us a living? Of course they do, of course they do Owe us a living? Of course they do, of course they do Owe us a living? Of course they fucking do Don't want me anymore, cos I threw it on the floor Used to call me sweet thing, I'm nobody's plaything And now that I am different, you'd love to bust my head You'd love to see me cop-out, love to see me dead Do they owe us a living? Of course they do, of course they do Owe us a living? Of course they do, of course they do Owe us a living? Of course they fucking do The living that is owed to me I'm never going to get They've buggered this old world up, up to their necks in debt They'd give you a lobotomy for something you ain't done They'll make you an epitomy of everything that's wrong Do they owe us a living? Of course they do, of course they do Owe us a living? Of course they do, of course they do Owe us a living? Of course they fucking do Don't take any notice of what the public think They're so hyped up with T.V., they just don't want to think They'll use you as a target for demands and for advice When you don't want to hear it they'll say you're full of vice Do they owe us a living? Of course they do, of course they do Owe us a living? Of course they do, of course they do Owe us a living? Of course they fucking do

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