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Working for the Man

from Pack of Lies by The John Preston Tribute Band

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The Parasite class needs our compliance and investment in their story. A ballad, the piano lyrically shapes the whole piece, the lap steel graces the atmosphere. A sombre dark tale..."Have you ever had the feeling you’ve been had?" Remember Jonny Rotten spitting that out at the Sex Pistols disintegrated in Hollywood.

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Working for the Man
When you work for the man, he will get you,
tie you up in order to protect you.
When you work for the man he will blind you,
with clauses and conditions he will bind you.
When you sing the right words you are applauded.
Empty rhetoric gets things sorted.
When you throw the right shapes you are rewarded.
Pavlov had a dog it’s been reported.

This is a song about the man.
The doctrine of supply and demand.
They say “It’s the only show in town.”
So who is this fool about to drown?

When you work for the man he will train you.
Appraise you and drain you then blame you.
This is the man who wants to own you.
To hire you out to dry and subprime loan you.
If you kill for the man, he’ll put a badge on your chest.
Call you a hero and hope you will invest.
But if the nightmares come and blow your soul away,
then the margins are your refuge if you don’t get locked away.

This is a song about the man,
who’ll use you all up if he can.
So here, take this empty bag.
Have you ever had the feeling you’ve been had?

If your work for the man is a success,
then your inner life will surely be a mess.
Though you may live to be old,
you’ll never repossess the soul you sold.

This is the man who will nail you.
Who’ll radicalise you and torture you, then jail you.
Under cross examination he will fail you.
He will immolate you and then he will inhale you.
This is a song about the man.,
who’ll use you all up if he can.
So here, take this empty bag.
Have you ever had the feeling you’ve been had?
Have you ever had the feeling you’ve been had?

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from Pack of Lies, track released July 30, 2022
Written, recorded and performed by Carol Hunter, Les Chappell, Brian Eade and John Preston..

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