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Everybody's Working Hard

from Night Bird Singing by Pippa Hoover

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You’re living like a king now ‘cause you earned it
Dining fine and jetting off
Hiring help, and relishing
Your sovereignty

You bootstrapped from the bottom; you deserve it
And nothing makes your blood boil like the whiny kids these days
Good for nothing beggars all too soft to make their own way

You never used a crutch
You never took a handout
You never needed luck

Huh …

Tell me again how hard work turns lead into gold
‘Cause everybody’s working hard
Still eating scraps and wearing rags against the cold
Everybody’s working hard
We’re slothful, selfish, and spoiled?
Why don’t you take off your tinted monocle
There’s grit under our fingernails and blisters on our soles
Everybody’s working hard

I’ve seen your face on boxes of Monopoly
And you weren’t born on Baltic
With no houses and no money
You get out of jail free

Snow White and Cinderella: no more fantasy
Than this rags-to-riches fairy tale you tell to keep us shamed
My finger’s raised to burst your bubble and to point the real blame

Tell me, who paved your roads?
Tell me, who taught you your times tables?
Who made your bed and your home?
Did you do all alone?

Tell me again how hard work turns lead into gold
‘Cause everybody’s working hard
Still eating scraps and wearing rags against the cold
Everybody’s working hard
We’re slothful, selfish, and spoiled?
Why don’t you take off your tinted monocle
There’s grit under our fingernails and blisters on our soles
Everybody’s working hard

Tell me again how hard work turns lead into gold
‘Cause everybody’s working hard
Still eating scraps and wearing rags against the cold
Everybody’s working hard
We’re slothful, selfish, and spoiled
Picking up your slack and taking pennies for our toil?
There’s grit under our fingernails and blisters on our soles
Everybody’s working hard

credits

from Night Bird Singing, released December 14, 2018
Written by Pippa Hoover.

Pippa Hoover - lead vocals, cello
Kate Rhudy - backing vocals
Joseph Terrell - guitar
Josh Oliver - guitar
James Wallace - drums, piano
Alex Bingham - bass

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jerry Brown at Rubber Room Recording Studio in Chapel Hill, NC.

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Pippa Hoover Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Pippa Hoover is a Chapel Hill-based singer-songwriter and cellist with sharp lyrics and soulful sound. Her songs are introspective, off-beat, and express a deep love for the natural world. Her sound features catchy melodies, classical-inspired cello solos, and hints of country, 60’s girl band pop, and R&B. ... more

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