solution to the jobs crisis
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must be time for Self-Aid 2 – this time it’s personal
I’m not stupid, I’m not lazy
I don’t want something for nothing, but it’s all I can get
Without the few quid welfare pays me
I’d be wrapped up even tighter in the poverty netAnd I’m here today with a message
from the men on the street to the men on the top
Of this misery, this human wastage
This erosion of dignity has just got to stopI can build a house
I can dig a hole
I can bend a fuse
I can climb a pole
I can work in factory
I can assemble a tv
I can do anything
Anything you pleaseI can do it
You can help me
We can make it work
Make it work, make it workLet’s make it work
Let’s make it workNorth and South of the siren
Four hundred thousand, they’re on the line
Four hundred thousand, dream of a future
A future that’s yours and mineBut we need a plan for people
Not for power and not for gain
Let’s take hold of this moment
Let’s make it work, make it work, make it workI can build a house
I can dig a hole
I can bend a fuse
I can climb a pole
I can work in factory
I can assemble a tv
I can do anything
Anything you pleaseI can do it
You can help me
We can make it work
Make it work, make it workLet’s make it work
Let’s make it work
Let’s make it work
Let’s make it workWritten By: Christy Moore Performed By: Christy Moore et al, + Larry live at Self-Aid
(Thanks to T Tiernan at the IFTAS for bringin it all back to me)
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Presumably to be sung by Damien Dempsey? It’s his voice that I hear when reading those words.
What would the updated version look like?
I can fix a PC,
I can answer a phone,
I can make presentations,
In an even tone,
I can hedge your funds,
I can provide ‘solutions’,
Just give me a lash,
Bring on the revolution! -
reminds me of nirvana’s immodium
the “get away” bit makes sense. emigrate if you can! scary times etc!
I don’t care, I don’t care, I care,
I care, I care, I care if I’m old
I don’t mind, I don’t mind, I don’t mind,
I mind, I mind, a mind of my own
Get away, get away, away, away, away, away from your home
I don’t mind, I don’t mind, I mind,
I mind, I mind, yeah…If you have, even if you need
I don’t even care, we could have a tree
We could plant a house, we could build a tree
I don’t even care, we could have a tree
She said, she said, she said, she said
she said, she said, she said, she saidI’m away, I’m away, away, away, away, away from your home
I don’t mind, I don’t mind, I mind, I mind, I mind, a mind of my own
Get away, get away, away, away, away, away from your home
I don’t mind, I don’t mind, I mind, I mind, I mind, yeah…Even if you have, even if you need
I don’t even care, we could have a tree
We could plant a house, we could build a tree
I don’t even care, we could build a tree
She said, she said, she said, she said
she said, she said, she said, she saidEven if you have, even if you need
I don’t even care, we could have a tree
We could plant a house, we could build a tree
I don’t even care, we could build a tree
She said, she said, she said, she said
She said, she said, she said, she said
She said, she said, she said, she said
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