Not Another Benefit letra

friends I have a problem that Id like to address
and it may be peculiarly mine
in these days of unemployment I am forced to confess
yours trulys working overtime
my phone is ringing madly
they all want me oh so badly
theres only one hitch I can see
oh no! its a benefit, not another benefit
and when are they gonna benefit me

Ive played for day care, pro-choice, Greenpeace, world peace
labour causes, unfair laws and Latin American solidarity
Ive stopped Spadina*, failed to stop the Cruise, Ive saved
the whales and wolves
Ive tried to save the N.D.P.**
now aint it kinda funny
how were always raising money
for the things in life that ought to be free
oh no! its a benefit, not another benefit
and when are they gonna benefit me

the phone rings and a voice says hi we havent met, in fact
I must admit Ive never heard of you at all
but someone at a meeting said her sister said her lover said
we really ought to give you a call
our situations critical
she says youre quite political
and feminist and always play for free...
oh no! its a benefit, not another benefit
and when are they gonna benefit me

and when the bankers finally get me
cause I havent paid my debts be
sure youre ready to call up Nancy White for me
and shell say
oh no its a benefit, not another benefit
and when are they gonna benefit me (3)

Marie-Lynn Hammond - Letras

• All The Horses Running
• Black Cat Stephen And The Popcorn Man
• But for the Timing
• Calito Cat
• Canadian Love
• Christmas in Barbados
• Country Music
• Distant Early Warning Line
• Down on the Station
• Elsie
• Eve Gave Adam the Apple
• Flying Spring of 44
• Girl Who Cant Say Yes
• Houdini and You and Me
• I Dont Sleep with Strangers Anymore
• Im the Aunt
• Japanese
• La chanson de Corinne
• La jeune marie
• Le coffre jouets
• Leave Room For The Holy Ghost
• Leaving
• Les deux amies
• Lights in the Windows
• Lise Cherche Dans Le Ciel
• Loving and Losing
• Maverick Gleam
• Menopause Blues
• Mothers Teach Your Sons
• Nobody Knows Whats Happening To Love
• Not Another Benefit
• Over Queen Charlotte Sound
• Pleine lune
• Radiation
• Science Is Wonderful
• Second Fiddle Rag
• Sisters and Friends
• Still Not Over You Yet
• Temagami Round
• Tre Libre
• Where the Grey Sky Meets the Sea
• Why Do I Have This Thing For Jewish Men
• Woman with the Radio Mind
• Young Men