Jon English - Chained To The Middle lyrics

Oh yeah! Workin' man with his life in his hands wants a better deal for the kids And the big boss boys sold their Rolls Royce toys since mi-ining's hit the skids Well I keep singin' songs, just wonderin' what's gone wrong With the price of strings and picks and things, I'll be starvin' before long, yeah And this is the way we stand today We're chained to the middle with feet of clay-ay, yeah That's the way-ay we're gonna stay That's the way-ay we're gonna stay Well, the union card in the exercise yard says red's the colour now And the Liberal band say we'll save the land but still haven't worked out how And the wife keeps bein' rude, protesting at the price of food And the price of jeans is beyond my means, pretty soon I'll sit around in the nude This is the way we stand today We're chained to the middle with feet of clay-ay And that's the way-ay, we're gonna stay That's the way-ay, we're gonna stay-ay Hey there mister can you lend me a dollar, I ain't had nothin' to eat all day-ay Hey there lady can I share your umbrella, got nothin' on my feet anyway Every now and then I save up my money, nough for a good hot bath And once in a while I'll sit back and remember what it was like to laugh To laugh, ooh-ooh Ahh-ahh..., you know, you know-ow-ow-ow-ow Come on down to Sydney town and dance the night away Laugh and sing, do-oo anything, come and blow your next month's pay For life is hard my friend and they'll get ya in the end With ya strainin' backs and income tax, they won't have a penny to spend This is the way we stand today We're chained to the middle with feet of clay That's the way-ay w