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The Man Says Lyrics by Ruby Velle & The Soulphonics

It’s About Time

2012

The man makes me go
The Man makes me go to school
But the man don’t know he don’t
Give me money now to make it through
And anywhere has got to be better than here
The man says get a job
But what good would that do
The Man knows I won’t reach way up
Way up like his reaches do
And anywhere has got to be better than here
All the dirty feet climbing up that unholy rear
I feel the man pushing me all around
But his ladder is broken and on it’s way down
The man don’t care if I hit that ground
So tell mе why should I be
The last fallen clown?
Thе man makes me go
The man makes me go to pray
But the man don’t know he dont
Pray himself at night to stay sane
And anywhere has got to be better than here
All the dirty feet climbing up that unholy rear
I hear the man telling me how to think
He’s staring down at me
But I don’t blink
I’ve tried a hundred times
To get out of his wrath
But just like a man
He always comes back
I know the man is waiting on me to make a sound
He takes what he needs and he never loses ground
His ladder it’s broken and on it’s way down
So tell me
Why should I be?
The next fallen clown
Oh, the next fallen clown
Don’t want to be the next to go
No I don’t want to be the next to go
No no no no no
Credits
Ruby Velle & The Soulphonics

Ruby Velle & The Soulphonics

About “The Man Says” by Ruby Velle & The Soulphonics

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"The Man Says" appears on "It’s About Time" in 2012.

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