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I've Been Working For The Man Since The Day I Was Born

from The Mule & The Mountain by Timothy Conal Carey

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couldn't stand to work this morning so I'm calling it off
this life it ain't worth nothin but the years I've worn off
my eyes don't work to good and I'm developing a cough
but this living is still better than just lining a coffin

I've been working for the man since the day I was born
and I can't feel my fingers cuz they're numb to the bone
but don't you wag your tongue at me boss cuz your day's gonna come
yeah the revolution's building, annie, go get your gun

I've been living off of coffee just to pay the rent
can't do a damn thing cuz all my money's spent
and I look up at the ceiling at night when I go to bed
and I wish the mother fuckers who wrecked my life was dead

I've been working for the man since the day I was born
and I can't feel my fingers cuz they're numb to the bone
but don't you wag your tongue at me boss cuz your day's gonna come
yeah the revolution's building, annie, go get your gun

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from The Mule & The Mountain, released May 27, 2012

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Timothy Conal Carey Columbia, Missouri

"Tim Carey keeps the tradition of the socially conscious singer/songwriter in one holster & the imagery of a forlorn, whiskey soaked poet in the other. When he aims his sight is keen & his songs shoot out propelled by a passion that can not be ignored." -Michael Scott Sumrak ... more

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