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Eat the Lunch You Brought

Well, it’s too damn bad the way my life turned out this morning
It’s too damn bad it hasn’t changed by this afternoon
It’s criminal, and it’s cruel
I’m working like a mule
While some fool up in here is sucking on a silver spoon

Now, I met a man last night, ooh, he had everything I wanted
He didn’t have a care in the world as far as I could tell
And, at the moment of this reverie
I started wishing someone else was me
A little old man jumps up and begins to yell

Huh, eat the lunch you brought, oh yeah
Take your mind off what your neighbor’s got
Don’t put your money on the drain and leave your sandwich on the shelf alone
You know you made a mistake
You’re tasting that other man’s cake
Get yourself a stomach ache
You’ll have to go home

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Eat the lunch you brought, girl
Take your mind off what your neighbor’s got
Don’t throw your money down the drain and
Leave your dinner on the shelf alone
You’re gonna know you made a mistake
When you’re tasting that other man’s cake
And, get yourself a stomach ache
Oh you gotta go home

I met a man last night
He had everything I wanted
He didn’t have a care in the world
Not as far as I care in the world not as far as I could see
But, at the moment of this reverie
I started wishing someone else was me
A little old girl jumps up and she begins to yell

Go ahead, now
Eat the lunch you brought, girl
Take your mind off what your neighbor’s got
Money down the drain and
Sandwich on the shelf all alone
You’re gonna know you made a mistake
Taste that other man’s cake
Get yourself a stomach ache
You’ll have to go home
Oh, take me home