Fuck the politically minded, here's something I want to say,
About the state of the nation, the way they treat us today.
At school they give you shit, drop you in a pit,
You try, you try, you try to get out, but you can't because they've fucked you about.
Then you're a prime example of how they must not be,
This is just a sample, what they've done to you and me.
CHORUS
Do they owe us a living?
Course they do, course they do.
Owe us a living?
Course they do, course they do.
Owe us a living?
Course they fucking do.
They don't want me anymore, threw it on the floor.
Used to call me sweet thing, I'm nobody's plaything,
And now that I am different, love to bust my head,
You'd love to see me cop out, love to see me dead.
CHORUS
The living that is owed to me, I'm never going to get,
Buggered this whole world up, up to their necks in debt.
Give you a lobotomy for something you ain't done,
Make you the epitome of everything that's wrong.
CHORUS
Don't take any notice of what the public thinks,
So much on the TV, just don't want to think.
Used you as a target, they want to sell advice,
When you don't want to hear it, say you're full of vice.
CHORUS
About the state of the nation, the way they treat us today.
At school they give you shit, drop you in a pit,
You try, you try, you try to get out, but you can't because they've fucked you about.
Then you're a prime example of how they must not be,
This is just a sample, what they've done to you and me.
CHORUS
Do they owe us a living?
Course they do, course they do.
Owe us a living?
Course they do, course they do.
Owe us a living?
Course they fucking do.
They don't want me anymore, threw it on the floor.
Used to call me sweet thing, I'm nobody's plaything,
And now that I am different, love to bust my head,
You'd love to see me cop out, love to see me dead.
CHORUS
The living that is owed to me, I'm never going to get,
Buggered this whole world up, up to their necks in debt.
Give you a lobotomy for something you ain't done,
Make you the epitome of everything that's wrong.
CHORUS
Don't take any notice of what the public thinks,
So much on the TV, just don't want to think.
Used you as a target, they want to sell advice,
When you don't want to hear it, say you're full of vice.
CHORUS
About Do They Owe Us A Living?
They were Anarchists. They didn’t like Thatcher.
No Spotify available (CONSPIRACY??) so you can listen to Jeffrey Lewis' delightful cover version!
