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You Know What I Mean

from GHOSTS by Jim Woodland

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‘You Know What I Mean All Right’ sounds risky to me as a philosophy. If everybody knew what you meant they might be able to explain it to you. Not that you’d listen, Especially if you don't really mean it anyway.

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I got this dirty job in a dirty town.
Started at the bottom
Now I think I'm going down.
I said 'With what I know I'm well in touch'.
But the Boss said 'Kid,
you know too much'.
The Boss said 'Kid,
you know too much'.
He said 'Kid, you know too much.
I've met you're type before'.
And I said 'Look...
I've got this friend says he's doing alright.
You know what I mean?
You know what I mean?
Alright?'

The Boss said 'Cheer up Kid,
things could be worse'.
So I cheered up kid. And things got worse.
After sixteen years
I was just about losing my nerve.
The Boss said 'Kid, you should be pleased'.
The Boss said 'Kid, you should be pleased'.
He said 'Kid,
you should be pleased to serve.
This is a bloody good job and besides
it's all you're worth'.
I said ‘I've got this friend says he's doing alright.
You know what I mean?
You know what I mean?
Alright?'

One day the Boss said
'We need some people to be out of work.'
He said 'You, you, you and you.'
He said 'You, you, you and you.'
He said 'You, you, you and you lot
just volunteered.
I know this is not your fault
there's no need to shout.
But now you're unemployed
and I don't like layabouts.'
He called the police and they threw us out.
But I said 'I've got this friend
says he's doing alright.
You know what I mean?
You know what I mean?
Alright?'

It was sixteen weeks
since we tasted a loaf of bread.
I don't like cake,
but I swallowed my pride instead.
Standing in this social security queue.
I thought I saw a face.
I thought I saw a face.
I thought I saw a face
of somebody there that I knew.
It was my friend down there too!
In the queue!
I said 'It's you'.
I said ‘My names Sue
How do you do?'

But there was something not quite right!
Something not quite right!
There was something going wrong!

I had to think! La La La!
La La La, La La, La La!
Think! La La La!
La La La, La La, La La!
I had to think!
Think! Think! Think! La La La!
La La La, La La, La La!
I had to think! La La La!
La La La, La La, La La!

I said
'I thought you said you was doing alright'
He said
'Well fuck it'.
You know what I mean?
Alright?

© Jim Woodland

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from GHOSTS, released June 15, 2022

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Jim Woodland UK

Hit & Run Street Theatre in the 1980's, Punk Band Red Rinse in the 90's, Fabulous Salami Brothers, Songwriter for Mikron Theatre and Blaize for 20 years, performing solo, and with the Anti-Capitalist Roadshow.
Political, social, emotional songs and plays. Watch this space. Latest collection here and back catalogue to follow. Welcome to Band Camp and on we go... ... more

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