Jeffrey Lewis - Do They Owe Us a Living? lyrics

One, two, three, four politics, election
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

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
'cause threw it on the floor
Used to call me sweet thing
I'm nobody's plaything
And now that I am different
They'd love to bust my head
They'd love to see me cop-out
They'd love to see me dead

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)

But the living that is owed to me
I'm never going to get
They buggered this whole world up
Up to their necks in debt
They give you a lobotomy for
Something you ain't done
They make you the epitome
Of everything that's wrong

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)

But they don't take any notice
Of what the public thinks
They're so hyped up on the TV
They just don't want to think
They'll use you as a target
For demands and for advice
And when you don't want to hear it
Say you're full of vice

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)