The Baboon Show - Same Old Story
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
One day when I was fifteen years,
The autumn thirty three
My dad came home and he said,
Who will now pay for mom, you and me
He d been fired from his
Work that day, him and many more
Now recession was here
Times of anger and fear
He never got to work anymore
Mom and dad they were fighting a lot,
And dad he drank to forget
When he moved out
He hugged me tight,
He was crying with regret
[Chorus]
Same old story, like yesterday
They live while all the others have to pay
They take it all from us
We re just numbers in their heads
The more they abuse us
The more we re seeing red
[Verse 2]
Way back in the golden years
When things were said and done
In the industry at the factory,
There was work for everyone
We were two hundred workers, we did our best
Working in gases and dust
Though inside we knew for
The privileged few,
They faced us with disgust
All across our wealthy land
It came from the worker s hand
I did better for sure
But I can t ignore
That the price I payed was grand
[Chorus]
Same old story, like yesterday
They live while all the others have to pay
They take it all from us
We re just numbers in their heads
The more they abuse us
The more we re seeing red
[Solo]
[Chorus]
Same old story, no good news at all
They win and we lose as we fall
The people must unite
To rewrite our history
To put an end to their slavery
[Outro]
N.C. (Verse)
In welfare or depression
We re always the ones let down
They keep saying one thing
What the future will bring
But we know that day won t come
Now listen to these words I say,
Stand up raise your fist
Our banner red
Shows the Way ahead,
It s our duty to resist
Even though I m old and grey
I never will adjust
May the struggle live,
there is more to give,
Cause the future belongs to us
