Kinks - Scum Of The Earth Lyrics
Sung by flash, spivs & floosies.Flash: they call me the scum of the earth.They say Im the scab of the nation.But deep inside Im only human.Just an ordinary man.With ordinary plans.They say Im crooked and bent,They call me a rogue and a villain,But if they could see deep inside meTheyd see a heart that once was pureBefore it touched the evils of this world,For if I cut myself I bleedAnd if I catch a cold I sneeze.Have I not eyes to help me see?Have I not lungs to help me breathe?Have I not hands, organs, sensesAnd affections just like you?Stop the music.Well aint I humanLike everybody else?Before you condemn me my friends,I suggest that you look deep inside youFor good and evilExist in all of us,And no man is a saintAnd each creates his heaven and his hell.Chorus: we know that hes only a man.Hes got feelings and faultsJust like everyone else.Flash: so dont put me down because Ive done well,For even wide boys, hoods and spivsHave got the right to live.Chorus: we know were the scum of the earth,We know were the scab of the nation,But were your enemies and your brothersAnd no man is a saintAnd deep down were all the same as one another.
