Hole In The Bucket Lyrics - Curtis Catie

I went down to the city and I found myself a job 

Working for the people who do need some helping out 

But then in truth I found there was so little left to give 

The government might save their lives, might not help them to live 

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There's a hole in the bucket and the people fall out 

There's money underground but you can't get it out 

When you stand at the State House, smile, and say "Please?" 

There's a crack in the floor and the people fall through 

And they wind up coming back to you 

From a place it seems like they can never leave 

There's a hole in the system for the people in need. 

How do you tell a woman who is 82 years old 

Poor and lying in her bed and needing help at home 

That there is no more money, there is nothing you can do 

Just hold on for a better year and we'll try to get to you 

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Oh beautiful for spacious skies and amber waves of grain 

America, you're beautiful but you have got to change 

You think of how to save your skin but you never mind the bones 

Have we become a country where the hearts have turned to stones? 

(chorus)