#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # "Israelites" by Millencolin (originally by Desmond Dekker and the Aces) from the single "Luzin' Must" and the comp. album "The Melancholy Collection" Eas ------------------------------------------------------------ Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sir, so that every mouth can be fed. Poor me, the Israelite. Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sir, So that every mouth can be fed. Poor me, the Israelite. My wife and my kids, they are packed up and leave me. Darling, she said, I was yours to be seen. Poor me, the Israelite. Poor me, the Israelite. Poor me, the Israelite. Who I'm working for. Who I'm working for. Shirt them a-tear up, trousers are gone. I don't want to end up like Bonnie and Clyde. Poor me, the Israelite. After a storm there must be a calm. They catch me in the farm. You sound the alarm. Poor me, the Israelite. I'm so poor Poor me, the Israelite. Aah yeah, yeah, yeah Poor me, the Israelite. I'm so poor Poor me, the Israelite. I'm so poor Poor me, the Israelite. Aah yeah, yeah, yeah Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sir, so that every mouth can be fed. My wife and my kids, they are packed up and leave me. Darling, she said, I was yours to be seen. I was yours to be seen. Aah yeah, yeah, yeah A dum dum da du dum dum dum da yeah A dum dum da du dum dum dum da yeah ------------------------------------------------------------ Please mail me your comments! Eas