Lyrics

Facing the world ain't easy, when there isn't anything going

Standing at the corner waiting, watching time go by

Will I go to work today or shall I bide my time

'Cause when I see that union man walking down the street

He's the man who decides if I live or I die, if I starve, or I eat

Then he walks up to me and the sun begins to shine

Then he walks right past and I know that I've got to get back in the line

Now I think of what my mamma told me

She always said that it would never ever work out

But all I want to do is make some money

And bring you home some wine

I don't want you ever to see me standing in that line

'Cause that union man's got such a hold over me

He's the man who decides if I live or I die, if I starve or I eat

Then he walks up to me and the sun begins to shine

Then he walks right past and I know that I've got to get back in the line

Get back, get back, get back, back in the line

Writer(s): Raymond Davies

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date of release

08-12-2008

1 All Night Stand - Mono Mix;Demo
2 Father Christmas
3 Brian Matthew Introduces the Kinks
4 You Really Got Me
5 I'm a Hog for You Baby - Demo
6 I Believed You - Demo
7 Longtall Sally (from 'Longtall Sally' EP)
8 Stop Your Sobbing
9 I Gotta Move - Mono Single
10 Don't Ever Let Go
11 All Day & All of the Night
12 Tired of Waiting for You
13 Come On Now (Outake With Two False Starts)
14 There's a New World Just Opening for Me (Mono Kassner Publishing Demo)
15 Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy
16 Who'll Be the Next In Line
17 Time Will Tell
18 Set Me Free
19 I Need You
20 See My Friends
21 Wait Till the Summer Comes Along
22 I Go to Sleep
23 A Little Bit of Sunlight (Kassner Publishing Demo)
24 This I Know - Demo
25 A Well Respected Man - Mono Mix
26 This Strange Effect (Live at Aeolian Hall, 1965)
27 I Don't Need You Anymore (Bonus Track)
28 Ring the Bells (Mono Mix)
29 I'm on an Island (Mono Mix)
30 Till the End of the Day (from 'Till the End of the Day' EP)
31 Where Have All the Good Times Gone (from 'Till the End of the Day' EP)
32 And I Will Love You
33 Sittin' On My Sofa (from 'Dedicated Follower of Fashion' EP)
34 Dedicated Follower of Fashion - Alternate Stereo Take
35 She's Got Everything (Stereo Mix)
36 Mr. Reporter (Ray Vocal)
37 Sunny Afternoon
38 I'm Not Like Everybody Else
39 This Is Where I Belong (from 'Mister Pleasant' EP)
40 Rosy Won't You Please Come Home - Mono Mix
41 Too Much on My Mind (Stereo Mix)
42 Session Man - Mono Mix
43 End of the Season
44 Dead End Street - First Version
45 Village Green (from 'Mister Pleasant' EP)
46 Two Sisters (from 'Mister Pleasant' EP)
47 David Watts (from 'Los Kinks, Vol. 9' EP)
48 Mr. Pleasant
49 Waterloo Sunset
50 La Muerte de un Payaso (Death of a Clown) [from 'Los Kinks, Vol. 9' EP]
51 Lavender Hill
52 Good Luck Charm
53 Autumn Almanac
54 Susannah's Still Alive (Mono Mix)
55 Animal Farm (Stereo Mix)
56 Rosemary Rose
57 Berkeley Mews (Mono Mix)
58 Lincoln County - Mono Mix
59 Picture Book (Mono Mix)
60 Days (Stereo Mix)
61 Misty Water (Stereo Mix)
62 Love Me Till the Sun Shines - BBC Top Gear Session Brian Matthew Intro & Outro
63 The Village Green Preservation Society (Stereo Mix)
64 Big Sky (Stereo Mix)
65 King Kong - Mono Mix
66 Some Mother's Son - Mono Mix
67 Victoria (Mono Mix)
68 Shangri-La (Mono Mix)
69 Arthur
70 Got to Be Free (Stereo)
71 Lola - Mono 'Cherry Cola' Single Version
72 Get Back in Line
73 The Moneygoround
74 Strangers
75 Apeman - Stereo Alternate Version
76 God's Children (Stereo)
77 The Way Love Used to Be
78 Moments
79 Muswell Hillbilly
80 Oklahoma USA
81 Twentieth Century Man
82 Here Come The People In Grey
83 Skin and Bone
84 Alcohol - Live
85 Celluloid Heroes (Remastered)
86 Sitting in My Hotel
87 Supersonic Rocket Ship
88 You Don't Know My Name
89 One of the Survivors
90 Sitting In the Midday Sun
91 Sweet Lady Genevieve
92 Daylight
93 Mirror of Love
94 Artificial Man
95 Preservation
96 Slum Kids - Live
97 Holiday Romance
98 Face in the Crowd
99 No More Looking Back

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