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Phil Coulter/Bill Martin - "I Gotta get the World off my Back" (KPM 1000 LP Series 1981)
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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Bill Martin
Bill Martin
Performer
Phil Coulter
Phil Coulter
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bill Martin
Bill Martin
Composer
Phil Coulter
Phil Coulter
Composer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Well, I gotta get the world off of my back
Or pretty soon, I'm gonna crack
So, I gotta get the world off my back
Somehow indeed
[Verse 2]
I'm sitting here thinking 'bout the poems I used to write
When I was just a little boy
I thought that when I grew up, everything would be just fine
Fancy clothes, cigars, driving fast cars
But now I've grown up
[Verse 3]
And I gotta get the world off of my back
My mind is a-beginning to go black
So, I gotta get the world off my back
Somehow indeed
[Verse 4]
I grew up and looked around me
And I saw that the world was in a mess
Thousands of hungry people, children starving
Wars, injustice
And everybody kept picking on me
[Verse 5]
So, I gotta get the world off of my back
Or pretty soon, I'm gonna crack
So, I gotta get the world off my back
Somehow indeed
[Verse 6]
So, I gotta get the world off of my back
My mind is beginning to go black
So, I gotta get the world off my back
Somehow indeed
[Verse 7]
I got a random feeling
I can hardly afford to keep my kids and my wife
My taxes, life just ain't worth living now
Written by: Bill Martin, Phil Coulter

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