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The Common Man

from The Common Man by Beatnick's Odyssey

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This was originally written early in the 2000s. At the time I saw a lot of my friends getting cut back from full time to part time and this is what I was feeling at the time. I originally wrote a backing track on a Yamaha QY-100 and I would play and sing along to it, but I never got around to recording it until I made this one. Since I used my Zoom PS-02 to record these songs, it ended up being a little different from the original vision I had. This version is more of a straight forward rock song.

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You take away our benefits you take away our pride
How do you think we'll make it on this part time
We can't even make it we can't even stand
It's time to give a little back to the common man

We are the common man just doing what we can to survive

You corporate bastards really think you have it all
Do you know what it's like to have to beg and crawl
Do you know what it's like to need a helping hand
It's time to give a little back to the common man

We are the common man just doing what we can to survive
We are the common man just doing what we can

Like a working horse you keep the blinds on our eyes
We know just what we need and half of that is lies
You offer us promises, but with an empty hand
It's time to give a little back to the common man

We are the common man just doing what we can to survive
We are the common man just doing what we can to survive
We are the common man just doing what we can

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from The Common Man, released January 31, 2019

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Beatnick's Odyssey Ocala, Florida

Beatnick started writing and recording music in north central Florida in the late 80s, mostly for fun. Beatnick's Odyssey is a project he created in 2018 so he could share some of his recordings online.

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