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THEY DON'T PAY ME

from Kingdom Come Blues by Michael Tarbox

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I come to this town two months ago,
Got me a job but don’t you know
They don’t pay me – hey hey, they don’t pay

Work like a dog, finger to bone,
Come to find out when I get home
They don’t pay me – they don’t pay

I try to make it up on Saturday night
But there ain’t enough booze in this town to make things right
And they don’t pay me – they don’t pay

How can you say I got myself to blame
When every town is just the same
From Pontiac Michigan down to Sugarland
Ain’t a soul that I meet don’t understand
They don’t pay you, they don’t pay

Factory floor, air’s full of fumes,
Ain’t a single fan in the whole damn room
And they don’t pay me – hey man they don’t pay

I work 40 hours, can’t feed my kid
They keep tellin me it’s something I did
But they don’t pay me, hey hey they don’t pay

I went to join the union but the union’s gone,
I ain’t gonna make it on my own
From California to The Gulf of Mexico
Ain’t no one I meet that don’t know
They don’t pay you – hey hey, they don’t pay

You heard all about the trials of Job,
But people breaking down wherever I go
And they don’t pay me, hey man they don’t pay

Trouble may come, trouble may go,
One thing for certain, don’t you know
They don’t pay you, hey hey they don’t pay

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from Kingdom Come Blues, released July 7, 2022

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“Homemade rock and roll with a dose of rattlesnake venom and gospel-drenched howling.” -- All Things Considered

"Tarbox is the most evocative and distinctive blues-roots artist to come down the pike in ages.” -- The Calgary Sun
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