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lyrics

Scraping by on the
minimum wage,
my life on a stage,
counting down the days
until I next get paid,

watch the money come in,
watch it roll out again
straight away,
got to believe that
everything will be ok

or I'll go crazy:
whether I’m working
my arse off in a factory
or serving beers and coffees
to people younger than me
who spend money
like it grows on trees,

it's all a joke;
haven't bought a decent TV
in years,
spend what little I have
when it appears
on booze and smokes
to help me cope
as the desperation grows,
round and round the jobs
I go,
where I stop nobody knows.

Thinking:
I'm better than this;
even when I’m
pissing away my potential
like it doesn't exist,
my mind is a
clenched fist,
punching the wall after
crawling out of my pit
because I've got to go out
and earn it -
the right to live,

a chance to survive
and keep my dreams alive
for another week -
because I'm
up the fucking creek
with the bills again
so I smash my brains,
flush them down the drain,
just get fuckin' wrecked,
come out with stupid comments like:
at least they can't tax
drugs and sex.
Wish I didn't have to think
and watch myself
as I sink
deeper into doubt and debt,
got nothing to look forward to
except
going to bed
at the end of a shift,

praying before I go to sleep
that something will come along
and lift me out of the shit
and make all the struggling
worth it,
while at the same time
I have to try and accept
that this is
just the way it is.

credits

from Cultural Thrift, released September 16, 2015
Ashley Reaks - bass, guitar, keyboards
Joe Hakim - vocals
Maria Jardardottir - vocals
Dave Kemp - saxophones

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Ashley Reaks Harrogate, UK

Genre-hopping musician and collage artist.


"an incomparable talent and a true original, a man who often borders on genius" - Louder Than War (UK)

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