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

Album Picture Book

date of release

08-12-2008

1 Lola (Mono 'Cherry Cola' Single Version)
2 This Strange Effect - Live at Aeolian Hall, 1965
3 The Village Green Preservation Society (Stereo Mix)
4 Time Will Tell
5 Days (Stereo Mix)
6 David Watts
7 See My Friends
8 I Need You
9 Who'll Be the Next In Line
10 Stop Your Sobbing
11 Death of a Clown
12 Set Me Free
13 Wait Till the Summer Comes Along
14 Sunny Afternoon (Mono Mix)
15 I Believed You - Demo
16 I'm a Hog for You Baby - Demo
17 You Really Got Me - Mono Mix
18 Victoria
19 Lavender Hill - Mono Mix
20 Rosemary Rose (Mono Mix)
21 And I Will Love You (Mono Mix)
22 All Night Stand - Mono Mix;Demo
23 Too Much on My Mind (Stereo Mix)
24 Lincoln County - Mono Mix
25 Susannah's Still Alive (Mono Mix)
26 Mr. Reporter (Ray Davies Vocal Version)
27 All Day and All of the Night
28 Shangri-La
29 The Road - Live
30 Misty Water (Stereo Mix)
31 Animal Farm (Stereo Mix)
32 King Kong - Mono Mix
33 Big Sky (Stereo Mix)
34 Berkeley Mews (Mono Mix)
35 This Is Where I Belong (Mono Mix)
36 Love Me Till the Sun Shines - BBC Top Gear Session Brian Matthew Intro & Outro
37 Brian Matthew Introduces the Kinks (Live At the BBC)
38 Come On Now (Mono Outtake With Two False Starts)
39 There's a New World Just Opening for Me (Mono Kassner Publishing Demo)
40 Tired of Waiting for You
41 Long Tall Sally (Mono Mix)
42 Two Sisters
43 Picture Book (Mono Mix)
44 Till the End of the Day - Mono Mix
45 Mr. Pleasant
46 Village Green (Stereo Mix)
47 She's Got Everything (Stereo Mix)
48 I'm Not Like Everybody Else (Mono Mix)
49 To the Bone - Demo
50 Slum Kids - Live
51 Down All the Days (Till 1992)
52 Preservation
53 Father Christmas
54 Better Things (Stereo Mix)
55 Here Come The People In Grey
56 Muswell Hillbilly
57 Skin and Bone
58 Sitting In the Midday Sun
59 I'm On an Island
60 Drivin'
61 Some Mother's Son
62 The Moneygoround
63 I Go to Sleep (Demo Version)
64 A Little Bit of Sunlight (Kassner Publishing Demo)
65 I Don't Need You Anymore
66 Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy
67 A Well Respected Man - Mono Mix
68 Dedicated Follower of Fashion - Alternate Version
69 Rosy Won't You Please Come Home - Mono Mix
70 Session Man - Mono Mix
71 Dead End Street - First Version
72 Where Have All the Good Times Gone
73 Good Luck Charm
74 Get Back in Line
75 Strangers
76 God's Children (Stereo)
77 The Way Love Used to Be
78 Moments
79 Oklahoma USA
80 Twentieth Century Man
81 Celluloid Heroes (Remastered)
82 Sitting in My Hotel
83 Supersonic Rocket Ship
84 Sweet Lady Genevieve
85 Daylight
86 Face in the Crowd

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