WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO US NOW? - Barbra Streisand

WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO US NOW? - Barbra Streisand

As we get older, there's nothing surer 
The rich get richer, the poor get poorer 
Those small misfortunes all start to pile up 
And it gets harder to keep a smile up 
But we keep hoping, while all dreams linger 
That we'll get lucky one fine day 
Then once again fate gives us the finger 
Once again with a sigh 
We look up to the sky 
With a quizzical eye 
And quietly say: 
What are they doing to us now? 
What's the latest ruin to us now? 
Someone up there is getting careless 
What are they doing to us now? 
Anyhow, what are they doing to us now? 
Makes no difference if a man is slave or king born 
He always is to pain and suffering 
Naked, he's pushed out his new life to begin 
Ain't or not 
The awkward way that he came in? 
When did he understand just why he's here 
Clap comes from the dark 
A big smack on the rear 
From then on continuous without a stop 
Ah, life's the same old story 
Clop, clop, clop, clop, clop, clop 
Science keeps advancing always on the run 
All they seem to do is take from life the fun 
Smoking, on and on, 
It wears your heart away 
Drinking shrinks for you the level day by day 
Eating makes you fat 
You weighted down to check 
Sex you do, you don't, you'll have a nervous wreck 
Future generations we are all to one 
Hey, then do yourself a favor: don't get born, 
Don't get born, don't get born! 
What are they doing to us now? 
What's the latest ruin to us now? 
Careless, what are they doing to us now? 
What are they doing... 
What are they doing... 
What are they doing... 
What are they doing... 
What are they doing to us now? 

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