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**************** LOVE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE ******************

written by John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins

performed by Waylon Jennings.

Verse 1:
         
	Living on fre

e food tickets

	Water in the milk from the hole in the roof
              
	Where the rai

     
n came through
              
	What can you 

              
do? hmm hmm


Verse 2:
         
	Tears from li

ttle sister

	Crying 'cause she doesn't have a dress
	             
	Without a pat

            
ch for the par

ty to go
              
	Oh but you kn

            
ow,she'll get 

       
by


Chorus:
           
	She is living

             
 in the love o

              
f the common p

        
eople
	             
	Smiles from t

              
he heart of a 

     
family man
             
	Daddy's gonna

              
 buy her a dre

             
am to cling to
              
	Mamma's gonna

              
 love her just

              
 as much as sh

           
e can,as she c

       
an


Verse 3: (a tone higher)
              
	It's a good t

  
hing you don't

 have bus fare

	It would fall through the hole in your pocket
              
	And you'd los

              
e it in the sn

       
ow on the grou

nd
              
	A walkin' to 

           
town to find a

         
 job


Verse 4:
          
	Trying to kee

p your hands w

arm

	But the hole in your shoe let the snow come through
	          
	And the chill

s to the bone
	             
	Oh,you better

           
 go home where

       
 it's warm


Chorus bis:
             
	Where you can

             
 live in the l

              
ove of the com

           
mon people
              
	Smiles from t

              
he heart of a 

            
family man
             
	Daddy's gonna

              
 buy you a dre

            
am to cling to
              
	Mamma's gonna

              
 love her just

              
 as much as sh

             
e can,as she c

       
an


Verse 5: (a tone higher)
         
	Living on dre

ams ain't easy

	But the closer the knit,the tighter the fit
              
	And the chill

    
s stay away
              
	You take them

              
 in stride,fam

            
ily pride


Verse 6:
              
	You know that

          
 faith is your

 foundation

	And with whole lotta love and a warm conversation
              
	And plenty of


 prayer
              
	Making you st

             
rong,where you

           
 belong


Chorus ter:
             
	Where you can

             
 live in the l

              
ove of the com

             
mon people
              
	Be the pride 

              
in the heart o

                  
f a family man
             
	Daddy's gonna

              
 buy you a dre

              
am to cling to
              
	Mamma's gonna

              
 love her just

              
 as much as sh

             
e can,as she c

       
an

Thanks to David M. Potter (dmp12@cornell.edu) for the lyrics.
Perret Charles-Amir : perret@diva.univ-mlv.fr