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Charlie is a workin’ man goin’ on 45.
Charlie’s got no benefit plan
Makin’ $9.95.
He shows up every day.
Shows up right on time
It feels like 20 to life.
That is for no crime
For no crime

Charlie’s tumbling’ down
That heartbreak hole.
What’s down below
No one looks
or cares to know.
No one cares to know.
No one cares to know.

The doctor found a tumor
Way down deep inside
Of Charlie’s wife.
He figures it’s the stress she’s had of livin’
hand-to-mouth for life.
Charlie’s workin’ man wages
Cannot meet their need.
Charlie gets down
upon his knees

Charlie’s tumbling’ down
That heartbreak hole.
What’s down below
No one looks or
cares to know.
No one cares to know.
No one cares to know.

The Company make sure
it give plenty
To the United Way.
That’s a good tax write-off for them
Their company lawyers say.
But Charlie’s wages
haven’t changed
Since the days
35 cents
would buy his family
A dozen eggs.
Some things never change.

Charlie’s tumbling’ down
That heartbreak hole.
What’s down below
No one looks or
cares to know.
No one cares to know.
No one cares to know.

Politician sit around
Expound about crime
Being on the rise.
Fund raisers on their yaughts
I’m sure they must realize.
Sometimes an honest workin’ man goes bad
Just to meet
his family’s needs.
When all he wants
is a fair living wage
Enough to clothe and feed.
Clothe and feed

Charlie’s tumbling’ down
That heartbreak hole.
What’s down below
No one looks or
cares to know.
No one cares to know.
No one cares to know.