[00:18.33]I'm an ordinary man, nothin' special nothin' grand
[00:23.66]I've had to work for everything I own
[00:29.66]Well I never asked for a lot, I was happy with what I got
[00:35.00]Enough to keep my family and my home
[00:40.33]Now they say that times are hard & they've handed me my cards
[00:46.00]They say there's not the work to go around
[00:52.30]When the whistle blows the gates will finally close
[00:57.33]Tonight they're going to shut this factory down
[01:02.00]Then they'll tear it down
[01:14.00]I never missed a day nor went on strike for better pay
[01:19.66]For 20 years I served them best I could
[01:25.30]With a handshake and a cheque it seems so easy to forget
[01:30.66]Loyalty through the bad times and the good
[01:36.33]The owner says he's sad to see that things have got so bad
[01:42.60]But the Captains of industry won't let him loose
[01:47.33]He still drives a car and smokes a cigar
[01:53.66]And still he takes his family on a cruise
[01:57.00]He'll never lose
[02:10.00]Now it seems to me to be such a cruel irony
[02:15.66]He's richer now ever he was before
[02:21.33]Now my cheque is all spent and I can't afford the rent
[02:26.33]There's one law for the rich, one for the poor
[02:32.66]Every day I've tried to salvage some of my pride
[02:37.00]To find some work so's I might pay my way
[02:43.00]But everywhere I go, the answer is always no
[02:48.66]There's no work for anyone here today
[02:53.66]No work today
[03:05.33]And so condemned I stand, just an ordinary man
[03:11.66]Like thousands beside me in the queue
[03:16.33]I watch my darlin' wife tryin' to make the best of life
[03:22.30]God knows what the kids are goin' to do
[03:28.00]Now that we are faced with this human waste
[03:33.00]A generation cast aside
[03:38.00]For as long as I live, I never will forgive
[03:44.33]You've stripped me of my dignity & pride
[03:49.66]You've stripped me bare