[Intro]




[Verse]

            
They say that 

              
Richard Cory o

        
wns one half o

f this whole t

own
            
With political

              
 connections t

  
o spread his w

ealth around
 
Born into soci

ety a banker's

 only child
           
He had everyth

             
ing a man coul

        
d want; power,

 grace and sty

le


[Chorus]

             
But I    work 

       
in his factory
      
And i curse th

e life I'm liv

ing,

And I curse my poverty
              
And i wish tha

              
t I could be, 

             
oh I wish that

         
 I could be
            
Oh I wish that

            
 i could be   

             
-    Richard C


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[Verse]

            
The papers pri

              
nt his picture

        
 almost everyw

here he goes
            
Richard Cory a

              
t the opera, R

       
ichard Cory at

 a show
         
And the rumour

s of his parti

es and the org

ies on his yac

ht
            
Oh, he surely 

            
must be happy 

      
with everythin

g he's got


[Chorus]

             
But I    work 

       
in his factory
      
And I curse th

e life I'm liv

ing,

And I curse my poverty
              
And i wish tha

              
t I could be, 

             
oh I wish that

         
 I could be
            
Oh I wish that

            
 i could be   

             
-    Richard C


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[Verse]

            
He freely gave

              
 to charities,

    
 he had the co

mmon touch
              
And they were 

            
grateful for h

              
is patronage, 

         
and they thank

ed him very mu

ch
       
So my mind was

 filled with w

onder when the

 evening headl

ines read
           
Richard Cory w

             
ent home last 

              
night and put 

  
a bullet throu

gh his head


[Chorus]

             
But I    work 

       
in his factory
      
And i curse th

e life I'm liv

ing,

And I curse my poverty
              
And i wish tha

              
t I could be, 

             
oh I wish that

         
 I could be
            
Oh I wish that

            
 i could be   

             
-    Richard C


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