(Sung by Chorus)*
We are sick and tired*
Of being promised this and that.*
We work all day, we sweat and slave*
To keep the wealthy fat.*
They fill our heads with promises*
And bamboozle us with facts,*
Then they put on false sincerity*
Then they laugh behind our backs.*
1st Chorus*
Money and Corruption*
Are ruining the land*
Crooked politicians*
Betray the working man,*
Pocketing the profits*
And treating us like sheep,*
And we're tired of hearing promises*
That we know they'll never keep.*
Money and Corruption*
(Etc. repeat 1st Chorus above)*
Promises, promises, all we get are promises.*
Show us a man who'll understand us, guide us and lead us.*
We are sick and tired*
Of having to ask them cap in hand*
We crawl on the floor*
We beg for more,*
but still we are ignored.*
We're tired of being herded*
Like a mindless flock of sheep*
And we're tired of hearing promises*
That we know they'll never keep.*
1st Chorus*
Money and Corruption*
Are ruining the land*
Crooked politicians*
Betray the working man,*
Pocketing the profits*
And treating us like sheep,*
[ From: KINKS - MONEY & CORRUPTION / I AM YOUR MAN LYRICS ]
And we're tired of hearing promises*
We know they'll never keep.*
We've got to stand together*
Every woman, every man,*
Because money and corruption are ruining the land.*
Show us a man who'll be our Saviour and will lead us.*
Show us a man who'll understand us, guide us and lead us.*
Show us a man.*
Workers of the nation unite.*
Workers of the nation unite.*
(Mr. Black sings)*
I visualise a day when people will be free*
And we'll be living in a new society.*
No class distinction, no slums or poverty*
I have a vision of a new society.*
And every home will have a stereo and TV,*
a deep freeze, quadrasonic and a washing machine.*
So workers of the nation unite.*
I am your man*
I'll work out a five-year plan*
So vote for me brothers*
And I will save this land*
And we will nationalise the wealthy companies*
And all the directors will be answerable to me,*
There'll be no shirking of responsibilities*
So people of the nation unite.*
Union Man I'll work with you hand in hand*
For we're all brothers to our Union Man.*
I am your man,*
Oh God how I love this land,*
So join together save the Fatherland.*
I visualize a day when people will be free*
And we'll be living in a new society.*
No class distinction, no slums or poverty,*
So workers of the nation unite,*
Workers of the nation unite,*
People of the nation unite.

The kinks