Rhythm of Life

Dedicated to honest daily-wage workers.


V1
Back home from work
Night-shift, over-time
6 days a week
Skunk-dirty, dog-tired

V2
Low-wage, price-hike
Deductions & Fines
On daily-wage
Bitterness, frustration

Chorus
What is our crime?
Answer us you self-made masters
We beg of you
Can’t you see the situation
You’ve forced us into
Close your eyes to the illusion
See reality
Just how long will the charade last
Before the façade comes down

V3
Pay-slip in hand
One Saturday night
Went home dead-drunk
T’was just about mid-night

V4
Hungry children
Tear-streaked faces slept
Wife’s eyes cried out
What did we do to deserve this?

V5
Bright-side of town
Down Affluent Street
Law-makers, Law-breakers
Socializing, victimizing, legalizing

V6
This great divide
Within nations
We have reached a stalemate
Is there a solution?


Noel Gama
7.6.1990