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Standing in line marking time waiting for the welfare dime
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'cause they can't find a job
         Am7               Em7               D                   C
The man in the silk suit hurries by, as he catches the poor old lady's eye
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  Just for fun he says: get a job!

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                That's just the way it is
G   Fmaj7   C   C9
                Some things will never change
G   Fmaj7   C   C9
                That's just the way it is
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                Ah, but don't you believe them

         Am7            Em7                  D       C9
They say hey little boy you can't go where the others go
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'cause you don't look like they do
       Am7       Em7                 D            C
Said hey old man how can you stand to think that way
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Did you really think about it, before you made the rules
         G
He said son

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        Am7                Em7     D                   C9
Well they passed a law in '64, to give those who ain't got a little more
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But it only goes so far
       Am7                Em7               D            C
Because the law another's mind, when all it sees at the hiring time
G       D            C9
Is the line on the color bar, oh no

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