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Someone Has To Pay

from Attention Span by Culture Shock [ska-punk UK]

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SOMEONE HAS TO PAY

Here's a man with a jeer deriding
the sheer contempt of the rich and thriving
Here's a man with a plan surviving
One week at a time spent carefully

Through empty houses built to last
Heard a broken voice through a broken glass
Of a need to sleep off the concrete grass
In a rare spare room for a friend to crash and dream

Not fed on a diet of noise and flash
Attitude adjustment crashing
Waves of fiction dressed as fact
One-way straightline laughter tracked

You're never alone with a home of your own
And the kids are grown and stepping stones
To an extra income source perhaps
Cos the work collapsed and the benefit's capped
The empty room attracts a tax

Yeah cheers for that I'd invite you round
For a cup of tea but the bailiffs found
The kettle and spoon and our one spare room
And anyway
The power's gone now can't afford to pay
The debts and bills- what's that you say?

Here's a helping hand
We hope you understand
Why it has to be this way
Someone has to pay

From security screen to the broken dream
From the world of fun to the actual one
From the media view to the one that's true
From the Mother's Pride to the need to rely on-
Food banks
O nice one thanks that''s problem solved
Seems the political world evolved
To a bunch of jeering cheering sneering rich white men

Where's the helping hand?
Don't you understand
It doesn't work that way
Someone has to pay

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from Attention Span, released June 15, 2016

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Culture Shock [ska-punk UK] Bath, UK

The original ska-punk-reggae fusioneers, who from 86-89 woke up the alternative scene with their 3 albums and incessantly energetic touring, and are now reformed since 2013, with another 3 albums since then- onwards!

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