Funny Old World

from CPR010-The Guttersnipes "The poor dress up" LP by Common People Records

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Take a look around at this world of ours
It’s a strange old place indeed
Where we all have to fight for the right to live
Seems a funny old world to me

You get newspapers bought by the working man
But they don’t really have any news
It’s all bingo, boobs & Tv Stars
What a funny old thing to do

Who’s gonna dance? Who’s gonna dance?
Who’s gonna dance with me?
As I try to hold onto my dignity
It’s a funny old world to me

Soap operas are the business now
But the longest running of them all
Has the nation out with their flags and shouts
As they go for a march down the mall

There’s a man in Rome and he tells us all
You must only mate to breed
But if you can’t conceive, the test tube’s out
It’s a funny old world indeed

Who’s gonna dance? Who’s gonna dance?
Who’s gonna dance with me?
Well I seem to be losing my sanity
It’s a funny old world to me

There’s more and more people claiming benefits
So what does the government do?
Cut Staff in the Dhss
Does that make any sense to you?

Clothes are a clue to your politics
Say the Magazines that we read
So the poor dress up and the rich dress down
It’s a funny old world indeed

Who’s gonna dance? Who’s gonna dance?
Who’s gonna dance with me?
Well I seem to be losing my sanity
It’s a funny old world to me

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from CPR010-The Guttersnipes "The poor dress up" LP, released May 1, 2015

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