Rory McLeod - Farewell Welfare lyrics

Well there's a man with his fingers in everybody's pie I hope he washes some of them sometimes He talks for money, by talking he eats He talks to keep himself off the streets Well if there's anything you need he'll pretend that he's got it And then he'll pretend that he can't part with it He studied hunger like a lawyer studies law He can make a rich man poorer than poor 'Cause he's a shark, slacker A two-tongued double-dealing money grabber He's a shark, slacker A two-tongued double-dealing money grabber Well he makes two look just like three With a jiggery-pokery Make a bad thing look good to me With a jiggery-pokery Well he'll make you believe the wrong side is right He'll make you believe a black horse is white Whatever he sells you don't be surprised You'll find yourself cheated half out of your eyes 'Cause when he sells you things he'll hide the price He wants the whole loaf he ain't content with a slice He makes the scales dance, weighs one right down And swears it's just right if it lacks forty pounds Between the selling, the buying and the politics There's the profit and the lying so the money sticks 'Cause he's a shark, slacker A two-tongued double-dealing money grabber He's a shark, slacker A two-tongued double-dealing money grabber Well he makes two look just like three With a jiggery-pokery Make a bad thing look good to me With a jiggery-pokery When there's a contract to sign you could be signing your will They used to rob you with a gun now they use a pencil Words lock you up 'cause words don't bend So all you get when you sign is the fountain pen And from father to mother, sister to brother From cousins to uncles gotta stick to each other Since cheating has grown to be so much the fashion I believe cheating runs the whole nation We're sharks, slackers A two-tongued double-dealing money grabber He's a shark, slacker A two-tongued double-dealing money grabber Well he makes two look just like three With a jiggery-pokery Make a bad thing look good to me With a jiggery-pokery