A Living Wage (Ron Kavana) Sally is eleven, goes to St. Clements Back of the railway tracks With assorted refugees from DSS, B and B's At the school gate they sell crack Here they ssteal her thunder, crucify her wonder Can she get out alive and grovel geatfuly On the eternal 9 to 5 A living wage is all that we demand From a government sworn to uphold that cause Not betrayl of precious right, bought with presious lives In the course of two World Wars Now Sally is sixteen sits in history class Reading what Churchill said About a living wage for all the poorly paid The basis of our welfare state but her freind Sue left school last year For a job in a shoe shoe shop Now she's back home,, signing on the dole The pay weren't worth a crap In the ivory tower high on the hill Far fro the street and trash Sit the privlaged few, our future rulers Learning bought with cash In the afternoon doom of her classroom Sally's waiting for the bell She carves a desperate plea on her desktop Get me out of this frigging hell Chorus and repeat Not betrayal of precious rights, bought with precious lives In the course of 2 world wars Copyright Island Music Recorded by Ron Kavana on Hard Cash soundtrack JY
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