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You and yours

from People like you by Paul Nowak

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She goes to work every day
To bring back money for her family
Says, ‘It’s not the life that I chose,
It’s the life that’s in front of me’

I care for your sick and your old
I clean your office and your factory
I drive the bus and the van, the cab and the car
That brings your next delivery.

(Chorus)
So take your warm words and your handouts
Take you thanks and your applause
Tell me straight, why I’m worth less than you and yours.

Take your heart felt condescension
Hit me straight between the eyes
Tell me why you and yours are worth more than me and mine

He crossed the land and the sea
To build a new home for his family
Says, ‘It’s not the life that I chose,
It’s the life that’s in front of me’

And my wife and my kids, just like you,
Are the things that matter most to me
Why should they settle for less, take second best?
They want dignity not charity

(Chorus)

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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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