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Benefit's Street

from Lost Souls by Roy Smiles

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Benefits Street

Living on the dole can kill your soul but they still call you a cheat
And the PM will never be your friend when you live on Benefits Street
When you live on Benefits Street, when you live on Benefits Street.

Oxbridge bores make war on the poor; in parliament where they meet
The rich get richer as the poor stay poor as they walk down Benefits Street
As they walk down Benefits Street, as they walk down Benefits Street.

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They’re the kings of the castle, you’re on the dole: you’re dirty rascal
They’re the kings of the castle, you’re on the dole: you’re a dirty rascal.

There’s no surprises: unemployment rises, you can’t get on your feet
Bailiffs call, Wonga owns your balls, in the days on Benefits Street
In the days on Benefits Street, in the days on Benefits Street.

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The Gas & Electric fleece you blind ‘til you can’t afford their heat
As winter kills & all is still as they shiver on Benefits Street
As they shiver on Benefits Street, as they shiver on Benefits Street.

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(Instrumental)

For god’s sakes tear them down; for god’s sakes tear them down
For god’s sakes tear them down; for god’s sakes tear them down.

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Recession, depression & double dip: all their words sound sweet
But their wages rise as they tell their lies in a land called Downing Street
In a land called Downing Street, in a land called Downing Street.

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Parliamentary fools, from public schools, brag, swindle & cheat
While they outlaw, help for the poor, and the lost on Benefits Street
And the lost on Benefits Street, and the lost on Benefits Street.

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You’re a dirty rascal, you’re a dirty rascal, you’re a dirty rascal.

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from Lost Souls, released January 25, 2007

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Roy Smiles London, UK

Roy Smiles has recorded ten albums:
'Drunks & Dreamers' (2011), 'Time's Moving On' (2012),'Seize The Day' (2013), 'Autumn Song' (2014), 'Bremen' (2014), 'The Trains & The Rain' (2015), 'Northern Angels'.(2018), 'Lost Souls' (2020), 'November's Child' (2023) & 'Tales Of The Ocean' (2023).
All available on Bandcamp.
Contact: roy.smiles@aol.co.uk.
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