You Won’t Find Me on Benefits Street chords by The Young’uns
Verse 1
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One dreary Monday morning,
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a knock came at me door.
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A lanky lad in a smiling suit
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I'd never seen before.
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He said, we're making a TV show
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for people who haven't out.
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So I gave him tea and biscuits, aye,
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and then I threw him out.
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I said I may be down,
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but I'm not beat
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And you won't find me
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on Benefit Street
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For me grandad he made iron,
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me father he made steel
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There may be nowt for me to make,
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but that don't change how I feel
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For me grandad built this town,
and me father walked this street
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So if I fall on the pavement
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why I'll get back on my feet
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Cos I may be down but I'm not beat
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And you won't find me
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on Be nefit Street
Me grandad fought the fascists,
me father fought for a job
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So I'll fight anyone
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who tries to stigmatise and fob
For me grandad laid these roads,
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and me father made these cars,
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So if I lie in the gutter
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I'll be gazing at the stars.
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Cos I may be down, but I'm not beat,
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And you won't find me
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on Benefit Street.
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Cos I may be down,
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but I'm not beat,
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And you won't find me on Benefit Street
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