Lyrics Nobody Gives - The Kinks
Sung
by
The
Tramp
I
can′t
understand
why
everybody's
quarreling,
Nobody
gives
in
case
they
lose
face,
And
everybody′s
guilty
and
everybody's
innocent,
And
the
fact
of
it
is
nobody
gives
any
more.
It's
the
same
throughout
all
history,
Nobody
gives
unless
they
receive,
And
nobody
trusts
or
is
willing
to
believe
And
nobody
gives
or
is
willing
to
concede.
Back
in
nineteen
hundred
and
twenty-five
There
were
thousands
of
people
struggling
to
survive.
There
was
hunger,
unemployment
and
poverty,
Then
in
1926
they
decided
to
be
free
So
they
all
went
on
strike
and
The
workers
told
the
unions,
who
blamed
it
on
the
government,
The
politicians
blamed
it
on
the
strikers
and
the
militants,
Everybody′s
guilty
and
everybody′s
innocent,
But
the
fact
of
it
is
nobody
gives
any
more.
Back
in
nineteen
hundred
and
thirty-nine
There
were
scores
of
German
military
waiting
in
a
line,
And
the
Fatherland
wanted
what
the
world
wouldn't
give,
And
then
Hitler
decided
he
could
take
what
was
his,
So
they
all
went
to
war
and
said
Kill
all
the
left-wing
intellectuals,
Annihilate
the
Jews
and
wipe
out
their
race,
Eliminate
the
weak
because
they′re
ineffectual,
And
the
fact
of
it
is
nobody
gives
any
more.
I'm
only
sitting
here
watching
it
all
go
on
And
listening
to
both
sides.
Yeah,
why
can′t
we
talk
it
out,
Why
can't
we
sort
it
out,
We′ll
work
it
out
if
we
try.
Why
can't
we
sit
down
and
work
out
a
compromise,
Why
not
negotiate
and
try
to
be
civilised?
I'll
tell
you
why,
because
nobody
gives
a
damn.
Nobody
listens
and
no
one
will
understand.
Yet
I′m
wondering,
sitting
here
wondering,
And
listening
to
both
sides.
Why
can′t
we
work
it
out?
Why
can't
we
sort
it
out?
We′ll
work
it
out
if
we
try.
Why
can't
we
sit
down
and
work
out
a
compromise,
Why
not
negotiate
and
try
to
be
civilised?
I′ll
tell
you
why,
because
nobody
gives
a
damn.
Nobody
listens
and
no
one
will
understand.
Yet,
I'm
wondering,
sitting
here
wondering,
Yet
I′m
wondering,
sitting
here
wondering
Listening
to
both
sides.
Nobody
gives,
nobody
gives,
nobody
gives.
The
workers
told
the
unions
who
blamed
it
on
the
government,
The
politicians
blamed
it
on
the
strikers
and
the
militants,
Everybody's
guilty
and
everybody's
innocent.
Nobody
gives.
Nobody
gives
a
damn
any
more.
The
politicians,
unions,
workers
and
the
militants,
The
fact
of
it
is
nobody
gives
any
more
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