♪ Can't afford to pay the landlord's money Ain't got no phone number, I was not running Looking for work, but it's just not coming And it's just not funny, children gotta eat something Friday nights, pizza loud, well I'm not drinking All of my friends are talking, got me thinking Out of the melancholy I've been sinking Is the band is playing with my girlfriends We can soon let down all your troubles And your dramas at the dance hall tonight And empty all your burdens and your problems At the dance hall tonight Tonight I tell you people, y'all don't know me, nothing I live my life, I'm trying to build me something You see the stick cats and the peas, they're puffing good money They're running, but they're good not coming The pale skin, I got the song, I'm singing Whether you're poor or not, the love you bring Welfare state pays me better, I'm not clinging To the prison system where tonight I'm waiting So we can let down all your troubles And your dramas at the dance hall tonight And empty all your burdens and your problems At the dance hall tonight I'm grateful, so little blessed, so little glorified To surround y'all tonight A shout out, so to my Zion, so to my Betty And we found love tonight We got love tonight I do my work and hard to make a living For everything I got, the prayers I give in But lust for money, no, I've never been driven Hear you play Bob Marley, but you just don't listen The greedy politicians lower your taxes Talk about poverty while she relaxes Who had this devoted for all these fashions When the system crashes, you can kiss their ashes And let down all your troubles And your dramas at the dance hall tonight And empty all your burdens and your problems At the dance hall tonight I'm grateful, so little blessed, so little glorified To surround y'all tonight A shout out, so to my Zion, so to my Betty And we found love tonight Yeah, we got a job tonight Oh, we found love tonight Yeah, we got a job tonight Yeah, we got a job tonight