Dole

 DOLE

I've got the doleful dole queue blues

I can’t afford a pair of shoes

I get just enough to pay the rent

But with a loaf of bread, all the money’s spent

I've got the doleful dole queue blues

I'm on the road to ruin, I've lost everything I had

What do they think they are doing?

They're policy’s driving me mad

I can’t get a job, even though I've a trade

I just go with the mob, to the dole to get paid

What a meaningless life I have to endure

No respect from my wife, no work anymore

I've got the doleful dole queue blues

I can’t afford a pair of shoes

I get just enough to pay the rent

But with a loaf of bread, all the money’s spent

I've got the doleful dole queue blues

Sing a song of romance, sing a song of joy

Sing a song of happiness, for every girl and boy

Sing a song of politics, sing a song of doom

Sing a song of poverty, an overcrowded room

I've got the doleful dole queue blues

I can’t afford a pair of shoes

I get just enough to pay the rent

But with a loaf of bread, all the money’s spent

I've got the doleful dole queue blues

I'm on the road to ruin, with a thousand bills to pay

The gas man is coming tomorrow, the electric man today

I've got bills to pay and a baby to feed

I can’t go on this way, so many things we need

What happened to the life that we used to lead

A happy family, so happy indeed

I've got the doleful dole queue blues

I can’t afford a pair of shoes

I get just enough to pay the rent

But with a loaf of bread, all the money’s spent

I've got the doleful dole queue blues

BENIDO
© Jim Redgewell
Jim Redgewell Music
www.jimredgewell.com