Rich Men North Of Richmond

Album: single release only (2023)
Charted: 23 1
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  • I've been selling 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, all it is

    Livin' in the new world with an old soul
    These rich men north of Richmond
    Lord knows they all just want to have total control
    Want to know what you think, want to know what you do
    And they don't think you know, but I know that you do
    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

    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

    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, all it is

    Livin' in the new world with an old soul
    These rich men north of Richmond
    Lord knows they all just want to have total control
    Want to know what you think, want to know what you do
    And they don't think you know, but I know that you do
    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
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  • Slayerdude6977 from Elkhart, In UsaHis name is not Oliver Anthony, this is the name of his Grandfather that got him started in music, he uses this name to honor his Grandfather. His name is Christopher Anthony Lunsford.
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