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
Are baying for my blood again --- They always want more

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”

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!”

(Me and Billy Bragg.)

When Moses stood on the mountaintop to receive the gift from God ---
Who do you think we waiting at the bottom to divvy up his lot?
Yeah, 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
So I say, “No! No! No-No-No-No!
No! No! No-No-No-No!
FUCK OFF!”