The Pretenders
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Waste Not Want Not

Waste Not Want Not lyrics by The Pretenders. Take, take, take, takin' what you don't need You'll get, get, gettin' what you don't need Stand back, take a look...

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Waste Not Want Not

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Take, take, take, takin' what you don't need

You'll get, get, gettin' what you don't need

Stand back, take a look and take heed

All the children in god's kingdom bleed

See the networks of concrete and steel

They've no mystery but what they reveal

Tells a story of a future that's void

Of the beauty and the majesty that life on

Earth is meant to be

Talk, talk, talk, talk about the government

And not a word about political favour

Everything touched is my political choice

The life you take is your political voice

The sacred cows come crashing to their knees

Golden harvest reaped without intelligence

There's no chance between the heavens and the seas

In a blood bath don't laugh

Grab your piece of golden calf

Waste not want not pick it up

Waste not want not pick it up

Waste not want not pick it up

Waste not want not

Do unto others as you wish be done to you

There's a million lies 'round everything true

You slaughter when you feast

You disrespect the beast

Make our beds and lie there, take your share

Waste not want not pick it up

Waste not want not pick it up

Waste not want not pick it up

Pick it up and eat it

Waste not want not

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