This is The Menzinger s acoustic cover of the Billy Bragg song To Have and To Have Not .
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Verse 1:
Up in the morning and out to school
Mother says there ll be no work next year
Qualifications once the golden rule
Are now just pieces of paper
Chorus 1:
Just because youre better than me
Doesnt mean Iâm lazy
Just because youre going forwards
Doesnt mean Im going backwards
Interlude: , , , (x2)
Verse 2:
The factories are closing and the armys full -
I dont know what Im going to do
But Ive come to see in the land of the free
Theres only a future for the chosen few
Chorus:
Just because youre better than me
Doesnât mean Iâm lazy
Just because youre going forwards
Doesnt mean Im going backwards
Interlude: , , , (x2)
Verse 3:
If you look the part youâll get the job
In last years trousers and your old school shoes
The truth is son, its a buyers market
They can afford to pick and choose
Chorus 2:
Just because youre better than me
Doesnt mean Iâm lazy
Just because I dress like this,
Doesnt mean Im a communist.
Interlude: , , , (x2)
Verse 3: (One Strum and dead strumming)
At twenty one youre on to of the scrapheap
At sixteen you were top of the class
All they taught you at school
Was how to be a good worker
The system has failed you, dont fail yourself
Chorus 1:
Just because youre better than me
Doesnt mean Im lazy
Just because youre going forwards
Doesnt mean Im going backwards
Ultimate-Guitar doesnt like apostrophes apparently.
