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Sell Your Soul for a Dollar

Written by Toby Quast

LYRICS

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CHORUS

Row on a boat, pull a rope, take an order

Work hard, then work even harder

Know when you go they’ll replace you with another

So sell your soul for a dollar


Work, work, work to the bone
Work real hard and earn yourself a home
Just don’t stop or they’ll take all that you own
Just keep hating on your neighbor til they tell you to


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They’ll resort to every trick and lie
Squeezing every ounce of labour from you till you die
The system being broken doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try
just remember, when together, you have power while they’re paying you to


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We’re strong, when we work together.
But the fight is set to go forever
So we’ll work to make it better
Build a new world where we won’t need to


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Original Shanty, Modern, Work Song

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We acknowledge the Gadigal and Bidjigal people of the Eora nation, upon whose lands we gather and sing.
We acknowledge sovereignty was never ceded. This always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

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Numerous photos by Nick Ryden 

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