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A living wage slakes the thirst

from Always Fancy The Day by Bud Petal

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The first cold tussle of the pre-dawn light,
The street lamp still winks its beam.
Most buildings were tumbledown,
His boots were down at hill.

It’s hardly news that the job is gone,
He feels it with no good grief.
It’s time to tighten up the belt,
He feels it keenly and bewails it bitterly.

With a twinkle and a longing,
He looks for vacancies and openings.
A living wage slakes the thirst,
Pays the bills and keeps the pot boiling.

Spare a thought for the down and out,
The low paid and the hard up.
If they can’t make both ends meet,
They sleep afraid and wake afraid.

If we stumble backwards into the future,
That won’t do us no good.
We need to weave a tangle,
Then cut the system at the joints.

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from Always Fancy The Day, released January 27, 2023

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Bud Petal Sydney, Australia

Bud Petal’s music has been described as “cerebral art-folk”, “a true outsider, a freak-folk wunderkind”.

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