They said it would be a tragedy
They said you can never let him leave
If you do, he’ll take it all away
You can’t do without him, they say
He’s got the broadest shoulders
He’s got the longest legs
He says that he’s leaving
You don’t need him, let him go
Your mother said that there was life before him
Your mother said that there’d be life again
The folks who say that you just can’t ignore him
Just don’t want it happening to them
He’s got the broadest shoulders
He’s got the longest legs
He says that he’s leaving
You don’t need him, let him go
He might go but his palaces remain
He might go but the factory is stayin’
Anything that’s fixed in the ground
Will still be here when he ain’t around
He’s got the broadest shoulders
He’s got the longest legs
He says that he’s leaving
You don’t need him, let him go
He says that he’s leaving
You don’t need him, let him go
Steve White & The Protest Family 