Raven Echo - Cold Hard Cash Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Empty pockets, empty streets
Another day without the heat
Mom's working triple just to eat
While suits get fat on Easy Street
Trading favors in the dark
Selling pieces of my heart
Derek's got the goods tonight
Survival's just another fight

[Chorus]
We're all just rats in this game
Scraping by, no one to blame
Black market, back alley shame
Light switch flicks, but nothing came
Nothing came!

[Verse 2]
Factory walls are closing in
Working dead-end shifts again
Mason's got the diesel stashed
While corporate vultures pick the trash
Cold nights in council flats
Playing cards with alley cats
Burning furniture for heat
While bankers dance on Downing Street

[Bridge]
Sheffield steel turned into rust
Working class reduced to dust
Selling souls just to survive
Dead-end hopes keep us alive

[Chorus]
We're all just rats in this game
Scraping by, no one to blame
Black market, back alley shame
Light switch flicks, but nothing came
Nothing came!

[Verse 3]
Mom's got blisters on her feet
Third shift blues on Market Street
Trading favors with the boss
Another soul forever lost
Underground economy
Desperate faces just like me
Derek deals in BTUs
While I'm selling yesterday's news

[Outro]
F*ck your system, f*ck your rules
We're not your goddamn working tools
When survival's just a trade
Watch your empire f*cking fade
Watch it fade!