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[00:03.68]Sung by The Tramp:
[00:04.19]While the rich get their kicks with their affluent antics
[00:18.81]Mr. Black sits and ponders their fate.
[00:22.38]He just sits in the gloom of his dimly-lit room
[00:26.81]Waiting for them to swallow the bait.
[00:30.05]While the rich run their rackets he sits in his attic
[00:34.64]And casually clocks their defeat.
[00:37.85]While the politicians cover up mistakes that they've made
[00:42.48]And all the promises, the lies and deceits.
[00:45.67]A military coup has been long overdue.
[00:49.94]Now there's fighting and panic in the streets.
[00:53.67]Amid the mass disillusion, disorder and confusion,
[00:57.67]He will rise now his plan is complete.
[01:01.19]But me, I'm only standing here
[01:11.53]Watching it all go on and I'm watching it all go wrong
[01:18.44]And it's painfully clear that the battle is near
[01:22.78]And I wish I could just disappear.
[01:26.57]While Flash and his men drink champagne in their den
[01:58.82]And debase life with crude ostentation,
[02:02.67]The poor cry for more, but they're reaching the point
[02:06.63]Where the people can't stand any more.
[02:10.06]But me, I'm only standing here
[02:20.50]Watching it all go on, and I'm watching it all go wrong
[02:26.97]And it's painfully clear that the battle is near
[02:31.74]And I wish I could just disappear.
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