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People like you

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Wasn’t born into riches or plenty,
Didn’t go to the finest of schools.
Taught to work long and hard for your money,
Keep your nose clean and play by the rules.

Put a little aside if you’re lucky,
Find a place of your own to call home.
Leave a bit to the kids, and be grateful,
But there’s one thing you always should know

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It’s people like you, don’t get to do what I do
They get to do as I say

See there’s two types of folk in this world friend,
There’s people like you, then there’s people like me.
And we’re bound by the same laws and customs,
But only one of us can claim to be free.

Cos my daddy’s, granddaddy’s, granddaddy
Helped Britannia rule the land and the sea
On your back, built a fortune, an empire
Then passed every penny down to me

So that people like you, don’t get to do what I do
You get to do what I say

In factories, in fields
In villages and towns
They whisper of a change
That will bring my world tumbling down

They met at union rock by the slate mine,
They took an oath in the shade of a tree.
They stood united on St George’s plateau
Won equal pay in a car factory

Cos our daddy’s, granddaddy’s, grandaddies
And their mothers and sister’s could see
That the rules of the game weren’t just broken,
They were fixed from the start, to be free

People like you, shouldn’t do what they do,
Shouldn’t do what they say
People like me and you, shouldn’t do what they do
Shouldn’t do what they say

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from People like you, released May 18, 2022

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Paul Nowak Liverpool, UK

Singer-songwriter from Birkenhead, Merseyside. If you don’t know Birkenhead, it’s a bit like Brooklyn to Liverpool’s Manhattan. If you do know Birkenhead, you’ll know it’s not...

Cowboy Songs is the first thing I’ve recorded in a studio since my late teens and throughout 2020 I’ll be doing the odd-gig to promote it when the day-job allows. ... more

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