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Box Packer

from Harijan by Harijan

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Good morning, this is your benefit, benefit
Enjoy it, after all it is for free
Have you thought about getting a job yet?
Well tell me, what the fuck I’m meant to do?
You not remember, I’m the one who you let get screwed?
Where were you when I still had things to prove?

Head up
It’s too late now
Head up
It’s too late now

Head up
It’s too late now
Head up
It’s too late now

Not that easy, I have heard this before
And clearly, you’re just not trying that hard
Look here, box packer, four pounds an hour
You’re joking, I got kids to support
And as for my eroding self-dignity
You are breaking me; I can’t go on like this

Head up
It’s too late now
Head up
It’s too late now

Head up
It’s too late now
Head up
It’s too late now

’m waiting for nothing but holding my breath
As the future appears so much bleaker than this
Panic that’s gripping my whole fucked routine
And a silence affecting all my family
Check this ticking time bomb
And toast to my choice
Of preventing a crumbling
And wasting more cash

I cannot believe that I’m wholly to blame for
I’ve been through this system, I’m not too impressed

So, the vote came in and we said “more pain, Ta
We adore your talk
‘Cos we hate the other
We can now speak free, you can rule forever”
As the racists come to play

So, the vote came in and we said “more pain, ta
We adore your talk
‘Cos we hate the other
We can now speak free, you can rule forever”
As the bosses get their ways

And he says…

Good morning, this is your benefit, benefit
Enjoy it, after all it is for free
Have you thought about getting a job yet?
Well tell me, what the fuck I’m meant to do?
You not remember, I’m the one who you let get screwed?
Where were you when I still had things to prove?

He’s set up
She’s set up

credits

from Harijan, released December 18, 2020
Danny Corrigan - Drums
Ian Eccles - Bass Guitar
Richard Hill - Lead Guitar
Andy Willi - Guitar
Joe Tatton - Trombone, Backing Vocals
Ewan Mackenzie - Trombone, Backing Vocals
Alex Dowson - Trumpet
Robert Garstang - Alto Saxophone, Electric Organ
Mike Corrigan - Vocals, Guitar, Melodica

Produced by Kurt Wood @ Corner House Record Studio - Keighley
Artwork by Greg Meade @ Habitats Studio - Manchester

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Harijan Manchester, UK

9 piece Ska-Punk band from round Manchester way. 1st album, long time coming. Dedicated to friends and family both here and gone.

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