Smile
Busting our ass all day
Just to see our money go its own way
With all this trying to get ahead
Trying to keep ourselves fed
The price of each word said
Breaking our back
High prices on the attack
Seems your working for free
Spending all the money before a penny you even see
Working all week paid per hour
Just to pay for your electric power
Cost of gas to run to town
No wonder everyone wears a frown
It gets them down
What's that smile going to cost.
Grab it before the moment is lost
To live, cost so high
Paying the bills same as mask men making you reach for the sky
Figuring out where the money went.
Before you left the house it was already spent
Kids needing this or that.
My wallet ain't all that fat
Robbery of the poor
When the rich has so much more
Yet higher, the cost of living does soar
Work all week
Of my money I get nary a peek
Where does it all go
For it I have nothing to show
That's all I know
Copyright © William P. Harris | Year Posted 2023
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