Salt of the earth (live version) (intro)

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1. Let´s drink to the hard working people,

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let´s think of the lowly of birth,

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raise your glass to the good and the evil,

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let´s drink to the salt of the earth.

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2. Say a pray´r for the common foot soldier,

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spare a thought for his back breaking work,

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spare a thought for his wife and his children,

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who burn the fires and who still till the earth. + F - C (3x)

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When I look into this faceless crowd,

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a swirling mass of grey, blue, black and white,

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they don´t look real to me, in fact we all look so strange.

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3. Raise your glass to the hard working people,

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let´s drink to the uncounted heads,

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let´s think of the wavering millions,

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who need leading, but get gamblers instead.

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4. Spare a thought for the stay-at-home-voter,

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his empty eyes gaze at strange beauty shows,

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and parades of grey suited grafters,

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a choice of cancer or polio. + F - C (3x)

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And when I look into this faceless crowd,

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a swirling mass of grey and black and white,

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do we all look real to you, and do we look too strange ?

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5. Let´s drink to the hard working people,

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let´s think of the lowly of birth,

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spare a thought for the rag-taggy people,

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let´s drink to the salt of the earth.

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6. Let´s drink to the hard working people,

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let´s drink to the salt of the earth,

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let´s think of the two thousand million,

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let´s think of the humble of birth.

(orig. = capo 5th) (The Rolling Stones)