An Cat Dubh Ordinary Man Lyrics

Ordinary Man Lyrics

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I4m an ordinary man, nothing special, nothing grand,

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I4ve had to work for everything I own.

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Well I
never asked for a lot, I was happy with what I got,

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Enough
to keep my family and my home.

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Now they say that times are
hard

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And they4ve founded me my cards,

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They
say there4s not the work to go around.

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When the whistle
blows the gates will finally close,

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Tonight they4re going to
shut this factory down.

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They4ll tear it down.



I
never missed a day nor went on strike for better pay,

For twenty years I
served them the best I could.

With a handshake and a cheque it seems so
easy to forget,

Loyalty through the bad times and the good.

The
owner says he4s sad to see that things have got so bad,

But the Captains
of Industry will let him loose.

He still drives a car and smokes a
cigar,

And still he takes his family on a cruise.

He4ll never
lose.



Now it seems to me to be such a cruel irony,

He4s
richer now than ever he was before.

Now my cheque it is all spent and I
can4t afford the rent,

There4s one law for the rich, one for the poor.

Every day I4ve tried to salvage some of my pride

To find some work so4s
I might pay my way.

But everywhere I go the answer4s always No,

There4s no work for anyone here today!.

No work today.



And so condemned I stand just an ordinary man,

Like thousands beside
me in the queue.

I watch my darling wife trying to make the best of
life,

God knows what the kids are going to do.

Now that we are
faced with this human waste,

A generation cast aside.

For as long
as I live I never will forgive,

You4ve stripped me off my dignity and
prid