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(I don't want your) Millions Mister

from Bits of String EP (download) by String Theory

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Trad American, arranged by String Theory. We leant this from our friend Graeme Knights who sings it very differently to us, such is the Folk Process.

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don't want your millions, Mister,
I don't want your diamond ring.
All I want is the right to live, Mister,
Give me back my job again.

Now, I don't want your Rolls-Royce, Mister,
I don't want your pleasure yacht.
All I want's just food for my babies,
Give to me my old job back.

We worked to build this country, Mister,
While you enjoyed a life of ease.
You've stolen all that we built, Mister,
Now our children starve and freeze.

So, I don't want your millions, Mister,
I don't want your diamond ring.
All I want is the right to live, Mister,
Give me back my job again.

Think me dumb if you wish, Mister,
Call me green, or blue, or red.
This one thing I sure know, Mister,
My hungry babies must be fed.

Take the two old parties, Mister,
No difference in them I can see.
But with a Farmer-Labor Party
We could set the people free.

So, I don't want your millions, Mister,
I don't want your diamond ring.
All I want is the right to live, Mister,
Give me back my job again.

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from Bits of String EP (download), released June 2, 2014

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String Theory Barnsley, UK

Barnsley based 3 piece folk band armed with a vast arsenal of songs spanning several centuries and drawn from more than a couple of continents. Real folk, performing real folk music, just don't ask them to do Fields of Athenry

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