Ray Davies, released on Think Visual, © Davray Music Ltd. 1986
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All my life I've been a workin' man
When I was at school they said that's all you'll ever understand
No profession. I didn't figure in their plans
So they sent me down factory to be a workin' man
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All I lived for, All I lived for
All I lived for was to get out of the factory
Now I'm here seemingly free, but working at the factory.
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The music came along and gave new life to me
And gave me hope back in 1963
The music came and set me free
From working at the factory
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All I lived for, All I lived for
was to get out of the factory
All I lived for, All I lived for
was to get out of the factory
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Never wanted to be like everybody else
But now there are so many like me sitting on the shelf
They sold us a dream but in reality
It was just another factory
I made the music , thought that was mine
It made me free , but that was in another time
But then the corporations and the big combines
Turned musicians into factory workers on assembly lines.
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All I lived for, All I lived for
All I lived for was to get out of the factory
We made the music to set ourselves free
From working at the factory.
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All my life I've put in a working day
Now it's sign the contract. Get production on the way
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Take the money, make the music pay
Working at the factory
All I lived for was to get out of the factory.
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Never wanted to be like everybody else
But now there are so many like me sitting on the shelf
They sold us a dream but in reality
Was just another factory
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Working at the factory.
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