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I Don't Know About You

from Commie Cowboy by Pink Williams

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I don’t know about you, but I ain’t all that happy
with the way we’re treated today
It ain’t hard to see, we ain’t that free
‘cuz if we wanna live, we gotta pay
The people with the power ain’t ever gonna listen
no matter what the people say
I don’t know about you, but I ain’t happy
with the way we’re treated today

I don’t know about you, but I hate the way we hustle
And I hate just to make it to another day
And I miss when the week didn’t make me so weak
while the weekend ends up wasting away
If working for a living means selling your life
You’d think we’d get a little more pay
I don’t know about you, but I hate the way we hustle
just to make it to another day

I don’t know about you,
but I get angry when the folks with all the money
say it’s our fault we’re poor
And I don’t ever wanna see another rich dick on TV
say nobody’s working hard anymore
We’re all working hard as ever and still we’re going broke
buying basic things we used to afford
I don’t know about you,
but I get angry when the folks with all the money
say it’s our fault we’re poor

I don’t know about you, but I ain’t all that happy
with the way we’re treated today
It ain’t hard to see, we ain’t that free
‘cuz if we wanna live, we gotta pay
The people with the power ain’t ever gonna listen
no matter what the people say
I don’t know about you, but I ain’t happy
with the way we’re treated today

(SOLO)

I don’t know about you, but I’m sick to death
of seeing people suffer every day to get by
What the hell’s the point of working eight hours a day
if when it’s over you just go home and cry?
I see people lose their passion spending every waking moment stuck under fluorescent lights
I don’t know about you, but I’m sick to death
of seeing people suffer every day to get by

Well I don’t know about you, but I’d rather be dead
than spend another day under their thumb
I won’t keep working more and more just to keep being poor until my body winds up withered and numb
And if you’re sick of their shit, tell ‘em “up yours, I quit!”
“I may be poor as hell, but I ain’t dumb!
I don’t know about you, but I’d rather be dead than spend another day under their thumb

I don’t know about you, but I ain’t all that happy
with the way we’re treated today
It ain’t hard to see, we ain’t that free
‘cuz if we wanna live, we gotta pay
The people with the power ain’t ever gonna listen
no matter what the people say
I don’t know about you, but I ain’t all that happy
with the way we’re treated today

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from Commie Cowboy, released July 20, 2023
Music and lyrics by Pink Williams
Recorded at Broken Country Records in Memphis, TN

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Pink Williams Memphis, Tennessee

I'm the Man in Pink.
I'm also a Country and Folk singer/songwriter in Memphis, Tennessee!
There's no place for racism, sexism, homophobia, or bigotry of any kind in the 21st century. My style may be retro, but my views sure as hell aren't. Power to the people! ... more

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