Poor Devils (Just Like Me)

by Violet Ray

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Americans work more and more but get paid less and less.
And every day we hear the lies from FOXNews on our TV sets.
They blame our problems on the poor, they blame illegal immigrants and while the rich distract us. Stab our country in the neck.
What’s a couple hundred in welfare to feed your kids and wife, while million dollar tax cut goes to the trust fund kids who never worked a day in their life.

Chorus
Why didn’t they tell me we have to live this way (live this way)
Why didn’t they tell me, I’d live with so much pain (everyday)
Why didn’t they tell me that things will never change.
Why didn’t they tell me that you are all poor devils just like me.
Just like me,
Just like me,
you are a poor just like me

They turned us into slaves with their credit cards in student loans and soon enough a bill collectors calling on your telephone.
Nine calls a day every day morning noon and night. We pay them interest while they sleep and they keep us in debt for the rest of our lives.
The working class must suffer while they bail out the banks. Our rights are gone, we are all just pawns, and we have only rich Republicans to thank.

Chorus:
Don’t let them tell you, you have to live this way (live this way)
Don’t let them tell you, because you can fight the pain (every day)
Don’t let them tell you that things will never change.
Because they are the enemy, and you are all poor Devils just like me

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released December 23, 2017
Lyrics By William Somerville
Music by Violet Ray

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