The Hand That Feeds
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The Hand That Feeds Lyrics
[00:16.98] I've seen good men spoiled
[00:20.73] Chained to their jobs like hounds
[00:24.42] They work and sleep and work again
[00:28.34] In the darkest nights they howl
[00:33.11] Their cries are a warning
[00:36.38] To everyone following
[00:40.77] No man should stand to work all of his days
[00:44.62] And have nothing at the end of them
[00:49.73] I got no money but the change
[00:53.62] That jingles in my pockets
[00:58.41] Reminding me how little I have
[01:05.99] And as for times I am
[01:11.41] Powerless to stop it
[01:15.03] Keeps rambling on like a man, wandering man
[01:19.07] My papa was a howling man
[01:28.15] Traded in his youth
[01:31.32] Sold his dreams and all of his days
[01:35.22] For the great American ruse
[01:39.38] And my dear papa gave me
[01:43.69] Lessons in regret
[01:48.80] He said all that he'd done would be for nothing
[01:52.03] If I followed in his steps
[01:56.86] I got no money but the change
[02:01.06] That jingles in my pockets
[02:05.39] Reminding me how little I have
[02:12.82] And as for times I am
[02:17.78] Powerless to stop it
[02:21.78] Keeps rambling on like a man, wandering man
[02:29.86] My papa taught me how to howl
[02:33.53] How to bear my teeth and growl
[02:37.64] He taught me that the hand that feeds
[02:41.94] Deserves to be bitten when it beats
[02:46.07] He taught me how to break my chains
[02:49.95] And that money ain't worth a thing
[02:53.79] And that no man should get
[02:56.28] More of my time than me
[03:01.13] I may never be a rich man
[03:07.96] But I can make sure I am free
[03:13.20] I may never be a rich man
[03:16.37] The rich man will never have me, never have me
[03:21.68] I may never be a rich man
[03:25.61] But I can make sure I am free
[03:29.17] I may never be a rich man
[03:32.20] The rich man will never have me, never have me
[03:39.95] I got no money but the change
[03:46.64] That jangles in my pockets
[03:50.35] Reminding me how little I have
[03:57.07] But as for time, as for time
[04:06.17] Is mine, is mine
[04:15.84]
[00:20.73] Chained to their jobs like hounds
[00:24.42] They work and sleep and work again
[00:28.34] In the darkest nights they howl
[00:33.11] Their cries are a warning
[00:36.38] To everyone following
[00:40.77] No man should stand to work all of his days
[00:44.62] And have nothing at the end of them
[00:49.73] I got no money but the change
[00:53.62] That jingles in my pockets
[00:58.41] Reminding me how little I have
[01:05.99] And as for times I am
[01:11.41] Powerless to stop it
[01:15.03] Keeps rambling on like a man, wandering man
[01:19.07] My papa was a howling man
[01:28.15] Traded in his youth
[01:31.32] Sold his dreams and all of his days
[01:35.22] For the great American ruse
[01:39.38] And my dear papa gave me
[01:43.69] Lessons in regret
[01:48.80] He said all that he'd done would be for nothing
[01:52.03] If I followed in his steps
[01:56.86] I got no money but the change
[02:01.06] That jingles in my pockets
[02:05.39] Reminding me how little I have
[02:12.82] And as for times I am
[02:17.78] Powerless to stop it
[02:21.78] Keeps rambling on like a man, wandering man
[02:29.86] My papa taught me how to howl
[02:33.53] How to bear my teeth and growl
[02:37.64] He taught me that the hand that feeds
[02:41.94] Deserves to be bitten when it beats
[02:46.07] He taught me how to break my chains
[02:49.95] And that money ain't worth a thing
[02:53.79] And that no man should get
[02:56.28] More of my time than me
[03:01.13] I may never be a rich man
[03:07.96] But I can make sure I am free
[03:13.20] I may never be a rich man
[03:16.37] The rich man will never have me, never have me
[03:21.68] I may never be a rich man
[03:25.61] But I can make sure I am free
[03:29.17] I may never be a rich man
[03:32.20] The rich man will never have me, never have me
[03:39.95] I got no money but the change
[03:46.64] That jangles in my pockets
[03:50.35] Reminding me how little I have
[03:57.07] But as for time, as for time
[04:06.17] Is mine, is mine
[04:15.84]
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