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Poor Man's Show
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Poor Man's Show was released on October 23, 2020 by Millie Manders and The Shutup as a part of the album Telling Truths, Breaking Ties
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Release DateOctober 23, 2020
LabelMillie Manders and The Shutup
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM70

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Millie Manders and the Shutup
Millie Manders and the Shutup
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Dominic Walker
Dominic Walker
Songwriter
Amelia Manders
Amelia Manders
Songwriter
Alessandro Vitiello
Alessandro Vitiello
Songwriter
Georgina Boreham
Georgina Boreham
Songwriter
James Pendle
James Pendle
Songwriter

Lyrics

Take a big look around
You can't tell me that you're proud
Of the country that we live in
While it's run by wealthy cavemen
When we're moving out the homeless for a clean looking wedding
For a palace full of fools dining on a poor man's earnings
You seriously think that we should all be okay
With the suffering we see on the streets of decay?
When lying in their homes and shivering in bed
There's people who are sick if I cut through their care
And there's children getting rickets
While their parents are gone hungry
'Cause the food they can afford does no good but fills their bellies
How can we go on with life?
So broken down by those who thrive
We'd rather sew our mouths tight shut
Than speak about how we've messed up
Ooh, it's a poor man's show
We'd rather sew our mouths tight shut
Than speak about how we've messed up
Tightest squeeze on budgets
In NHS historics
Death rates up in hospitals
No mental health resources
Ambulance are forced to wait
While waiting rooms are full
And there's people having heart attacks
Out on the stone cold floor
There's no more money for the nurses
To do the jobs we need
But apparently there's trillions
For bombing overseas
How can we go on with life?
So broken down by those who thrive
We'd rather sew our mouths tight shut
Than speak about how we've messed up
Ooh, it's a poor man's show
We'd rather sew our mouths tight shut
Than speak about how we've messed up
For people stabbed in the night is the norm
And the police are replaced with a screen on the arm
No control that we see for the brutality
Is a double-edged sword when we've lost the body
'Cause it's fight for our rights and the right to feel safe
But there's no money left for either problem, they say
We're left feeling numb to everything that we see
'Cause everyday there's something that should never have been
We've right to feel angry, betrayed and awake
To the tyranny forced on our heads everyday
I'm sick of being told that the fault lies with us
When the perversion of justice sits in Parliament
How can we go on with life?
So broken down by those who thrive
We'd rather sew our mouths tight shut
Than speak about how we've messed up
Ooh, it's a poor man's show
We'd rather sew our mouths tight shut
Than speak about how we've messed up
Ooh, it's a poor man's show
We'd rather sew our mouths tight shut
Than speak about how we've messed up
We'd rather sew our mouths tight shut
Written by: Alessandro Vitiello, Amelia Manders, Dominic Walker, Georgina Boreham, James Pendle
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