- Votes:
- Composers:
- Denman
- Paul / Matthewman
- Stuart / Adu
- Helen / Hale
- Andrew
 
- Genres:
- Jazz
- Soul
 
- Tags:
- female vocalist
- sade
- smooth
 
- See also:
Sade - I Couldn't Love You More lyrics
Words: Sade Adu 
 Music: Sade Adu, Andrew Hale and Stuart Matthewman
Mama been laid off
 Papa been laid off
 My brother's been laid off
 For more than two years now
 Ooh can't get a job
 Billy can't get a job
 Ooh they gotta listen to the blues
 Help them to strive
 Help them to move on
 Help them to have some future
 Help them to live long
 Help them to live life
 Help them to smile
 Don't let them stay home and listen to the blues
 Mama been laid off
 Papa been laid off
 Billy can't get a job
 For too long too long
 Don't let them lose
 We gotta give them a chance
 It's gonna come back on everyone
 If you don't make them dance
 Don't let them stay home and listen to the blues
 There's nothing sacred (why, why, why)
 Breathing hatred
 We have to face it (why, why, why)
 No one can take it
 And feel no pain
 Sade - I Couldn't Love You More - http://motolyrics.com/sade/i-couldnt-love-you-more-lyrics.html
 Mama been laid off
 Papa been laid off
 My brother's been laid off
 For more than two years now
 Ooh can't get a job
 Billy can't get a job
 Ooh they gotta listen to the blues
 Help them to strive
 Help them to move on
 Help them to have some future
 Help them to live long
 Help them to live life
 Help them to smile
 Don't let them stay home and listen to the blues
 One day we're gonna wake up
 And the ghetto's all around
 All over my friend
 Have you ever seen a man break down
 Do you know how that feels
 To walk the street with your head held high
 Why, why, why
 Oh Lord have mercy
 Did you ever see a man break down
 There's nothing sacred
 Breathing hatred
 We have to face it
 No-one can take it (how can they take that much)
 And feel no pain
Oooh, did you ever see a man break down















