Work and Then Wait - Maxïmo Park

The Old Boy’s Club has been throwing it’s weight around

It’s been around so long and I’m sick of the sound

If you’re gonna say something, better say it loud

Gonna take some counter-action, gonna join the crowd

I won’t be put in my place

I won’t be put in my

Do you feel okay?

'Cause I can’t blame you for feeling down

I’m gonna get myself together

I’m gonna paint the town

I won’t be put in my place

I won’t be put in my

The hand that giveth

Is set to taketh way

They strip you of your dignity

They make you work and then wait

They make you work and then wait

The right-wing views have been getting me down

They say that work brings dignity, no matter what job they dish out

But the rich start life with a hand-me-down

The wage cap gets bigger, doesn’t it make you proud?

The hand that giveth

Is set to taketh way

They strip you of your dignity

They make you work and then wait

They make you work and then wait

But I won’t be put in my place

I won’t be put in my place

I won’t be put in my

You attack the vulnerable

They’d better get out of your way

You don’t think you’re culpable

They’d better get out of your way

But there’s nowhere to go

And it’s no way to be

There’s enough to go around

There must be a different way

There must be a different way