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Thread #172621   Message #4179374
Posted By: Joe Offer
18-Aug-23 - 02:52 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Songs for the MAGA Set
Subject: Lyr Add: Rich Men North of Richmond
On the Mudcat Facebook page, somebody posted a YouTube video of Oliver Anthony's "Rich Men North of Richmond." I took a listen to the song and hated it. Feel free to post or discuss other songs you hate in this thread.

RICH MEN NORTH OF RICHMOND
(Oliver Anthony)

I've been sellin' my soul, workin' all day
Overtime hours for bullshit pay
So I can sit out here and waste my life away
Drag back home and drown my troubles away

It's a damn shame what the world's gotten to
For people like me and people like you
Wish I could just wake up and it not be true
But it is, oh, it is

Livin' in the new world
With an old soul
These rich men north of Richmond
Lord knows they all just wanna have total control
Wanna know what you think, wanna know what you do
And they don't think you know, but I know that you do
'Cause your dollar ain't shit and it's taxed to no end
'Cause of rich men north of Richmond

I wish politicians would look out for miners
And not just minors on an island somewhere
Lord, we got folks in the street, ain't got nothin' to eat
And the obese milkin' welfare

Well, God, if you're 5-foot-3 and you're 300 pounds
Taxes ought not to pay for your bags of fudge rounds
Young men are puttin' themselves six feet in the ground
'Cause all this damn country does is keep on kickin' them down

Lord, it's a damn shame what the world's gotten to
For people like me and people like you
Wish I could just wake up and it not be true
But it is, oh, it is

Livin' in the new world
With an old soul
These rich men north of Richmond
Lord knows they all just wanna have total control
Wanna know what you think, wanna know what you do
And they don't think you know, but I know that you do
'Cause your dollar ain't shit and it's taxed to no end
'Cause of rich men north of Richmond

I've been sellin' my soul, workin' all day
Overtime hours for bullshit pay

Lyrics from https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/oliveranthony/richmennorthofrichmond.html - not edited or corrected

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5x35Ee1ftE

And the Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Men_North_of_Richmond

He sure has a shitty prejudice against people who are obese, but that's not all that's wrong with him.