Sure gets funny thinkin' 'bout money

Makin' my daily bread

The more you make, the more they take

You never seem to get ahead.

You break you back to pay your tax

Then you don't like the way it's spent.

Somewhere back we jumped the track -

This isn't what the GovernMEANT.

 

Bet by now I've made a hundred thou'

But I ain't saved a dime

The IRS came out best

They got my money every time.

It can't be fair when the millionaire

Never has to give them a cent.

Sad to say we've lost our way -

This isn't what the GovernMEANT.

 

Then the war, don't know what for.

Somebody said it had to be fought.

I'se supposed to go, but I said no

Because I'se afraid I might get shot.

But here I am on my hands and knees

Scrubbin' in my dungarees I got burned,

But I finally learned

This isn't what the GovernMEANT.

 

                          -- David Gates

This Isn't What the GovernMEANT

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