Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

Why don't = you work like other folks

Why don't you work like other folks do?

How the hell can 1 work when there's no work to do?

Oh, why speed up work till you're ready to fall?

If you'd only slow down, there'd be work for us all. f

Whenever | get all the money I earn,

The boss will be broke and to work he must tum.

Our wages can't buy all the wealth we produce;

So the factories shut down and we are turned loose. *

I worked overtime like a big greedy slob;

Now the warehouse is full and I'm out of a job. *

I hate this company, I hate this job,

But I'm too proud to beg and too honest to rob. t

So I worked very hard, till I got the ftu,

Missed four days of work, and they told me, “You're thru."“f

About five months ago, my unemployment ran out.

Now I stay in the shelters and travel about.

When I walk down the street, all the people I see

Look up, down and round, but they won't look at me.T

So I'm on the bum and I tell you, it's true:

It happened to me, it could happen to you.t

But don't you complain, don't open your eyes.

Don't talk revolution, and don't organize. f