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Me and Billy Bragg.

The government, the taxman and the wolf at the door
The bank and the council and the Devil of course
Are baying for my blood again --- oh, they always want more

But I have nothing left to give,
I need what is left so I can live ---
Please spare me a little change
Won’t you give me a Goddamn break?
“No! No! No-No-No-No!

We are the government, the taxman and the wolf at the door
The bank and the council and the Devil of course ---
We each have a price and we’ll help ourselves to what is yours”

But I have nothing left to give
I need what is left so I can live ---
Please spare me a little change
Won’t you give me a Goddamn break?
“No! No! No-No-No-No!”

Dance, dance, dance around the blame --- I doubt you’ll ever dance again
The end is nigh --- the words are so hard to find
With such words, they’ll fair thee well
I’ll count the cost of those I sell
Where angels play, they’ll save a place just for you…

When Moses stood on the mountaintop to receive the gift from God ---
Who do you think was waiting at the bottom to divvy up his lot?
The government, the taxman and the wolf at the door
The bank and the council and the Devil of course!

Ohh, I’m dreaming of everything, everything I have not
I work all day and I’m not getting anything and the price of living won’t drop
Say “No! No! No-No-No-No!
No! No! No-No-No-No!
Get off!”

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Silverlode Leeds, UK

Silverlode is a folksome indie rock band from Leeds.

A folk band in the broadest sense of the word; dogs of pop; self-taught musical ruffians who play to their own traditions. Reinventors of self and prone to playing their songs in a myriad of ways, join Silverlode on their mythological journey through history, future, fantasy and good times via their ever-evolving music.

DIY since 2001.
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