The bite of the underdog
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Beware of the bite of the underdog,
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his teeth are rotten, but more
dangerous for that,
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beware of the bite of the underdog,
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when he gets loose, you better
hold on to your hat.
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Too late then to calm him or placate him,
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or try to feed him when already
he's fed up,
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for life, my friend, can be very
capricious,
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and the bite of the underdog is
vicious.
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So the time will come around when your defences will be down,
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and that's the day when you'll
find against your wishes,
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a vicious underdog is sitting
on your lap.
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1. As far back as history is recorded,
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the
wheels of industry are greased with blood and sweat,
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we
have our dream but most cannot afford it,
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if
there's a trick to this, we haven't found it yet.
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You raise our hopes and raise
our expectations
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that
each and everyone can make it to the top,
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but
greed and cost of living and inflation
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ensure
that we will have to work until we drop.
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2. And when the time comes for sacrifices,
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the
people at the top are never for the chop,
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though
often they're the ones that caused the crisis,
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they're
not the ones to go to war or lose their job.
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And each campaign and every
downsizing
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is
fed by innocents because they can be spared,
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while
those to blame just stand there eulogising,
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and
of the glory they will take the lion's share.
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(orig. = capo 2nd) (George Papavgeris)