I've Been Washing Myself Down In Your Backwaters
I've Been Filling Up My Lungs In Your City Streets
I've Seen The Up-side And The Down Of Your Servant's Quarters
I've Been Grinding Down My Hands In Your Empty Fields

So Spare Me Some Extra Before You Go
There's A Man Who Cashes Cheques At The Liquor Store

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I'm Not Asking For Charity
Just Help Me Till The Next Time I Get Paid
I Don't Care If You Need Me
Just Keep Me…. In The Black For Another Day

I've Sent A Letter Of Application A 1000 Times
I've Been Trying To Climb The Ladder In A Borrowed Tie
But You Never Give Me A Call Back When You Say
And You Put Me On The Long Figure For Another Day

So Spare Me Some Extra Before You Go
There's A Man Who Cashes Cheques At The Liquor Store

Chorus