Paul McCartney
The Pound is Sinking
Tug of War, 1982
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The pound is sinking,
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the peso's failing
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The lira's reeling and feeling quite appalling
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The mark is holding,
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the franc is fading
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The drachma's very weak but everyone's still trading
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The market's bottom has fallen right out
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And only the strong are survivors
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Well, I fear my dear that it's eminently clear
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That you can't see the trees for the forest
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Your father was an extraordinary man but you don't seem
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To have inherited many of his mannerisms
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Oh, any of his mannerisms
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The dollar's moving,
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the ruble's rising
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The yen is keeping up which hardly seems surprising
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The market's bottom has fallen right out
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And only the strong are survivors
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Hear me lover, I can't be held responsible now
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For something that didn't happen
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I knew you for a minute, oh it didn't happen
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Only for a minute, your heart just wasn't in it anymore
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The pound is sinking,
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the peso's failing
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The lira's reeling and feeling quite appalling
