Hard Day On The Planet Lyrics - Live At The Cactus Cafe - Loudon Wainwright Iii

The dollar went down and the President said 

"Who's in charge, now?" I don't know, take your pick. 

A new disease every day and the old ones are coming back 

Things are looking kind of gray, like they're going to black 

Don't turn on the TV, don't show me the paper 

(I) don't want to know he got kidnapped or why they all raped her 

I want to go on vacation till the pressure lets up 

But they keep hijacking airplanes and blowing them up 

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It's been a hard day on the planet 

How much is it all worth? 

It's getting harder to understand it 

Things are tough all over on earth. 

It's hot in December and cold in July 

When it rains it pours out of a poisonous sky 

In California the body counts keep getting higher 

It's evil out there, man that state is always on fire. 

Everyone has a system, but they can't seem to win 

Even Bob Geldof looks alarmingly thin 

I got to get on that shuttle get me out of this place 

But there's gonna be warfare up there in outer space 

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I've got clothes on my back and shoes on my feet 

A roof over my head and something to eat 

My kids are all healthy and my folks are alive 

You know, it's amazing but sometimes I think I'll survive 

I've got all of my fingers and all of my toes 

I'm pretty well off I guess, I suppose 

So how come I feel bad so much of the time? 

A man ain't an island John Dunn wasn't lying 

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It's business as usual; some things never change 

It's unfair, it's tough, unkind and it's strange 

We don't seem to learn; we can't seem to stop 

Maybe some explosions would close up the shop 

You know, maybe that would be fine: we would be off the hook 

We resolved all our problems, never mind what it took 

And it all would be over, finito, the end 

Until the survivors started up all over again 

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