Swimming against the tide Lyrics

Just look how my life has been improved
I've given up cigarettes and booze
True, I have no wealth
But I have better health
And it's not from gambling I lose

There are many ways to live cheaply
I wear a coat indoors it's good to keep me warm
I can do without heat, I just afford to eat
Think of what I could have saved before
Think of what I could have saved before

Well I guess that's just the way the cards are dealt
Make another hole in my belt
But I'm getting pretty thin
And the walls are caving in
Help me make it to the other side
Oh I'm swimming against the tide

Though I have no money I can spare
There are lovely parks to walk round here
And you know it's free to join the library
Shame they're going to close it down next year

I get a little lonely now and then
I guess I miss the company of old friends
If they can't afford the time
They could borrow some of mine
Lord knows I've lot that I could lend
Lord knows I've lot that I could lend

But I guess that's just the way the cards are dealt
Make another hole in my belt
But I'm getting pretty thin
And the walls are caving in
Help me make it to the other side
Coz I'm swimming against the tide

Yeah I guess that's just the way the cards are dealt
Make another hole in my belt
But I'm getting pretty thin
And the walls are caving in
Help me make it to the other side
Coz I'm swimming against the tide

The last few years a lot of things have changed
I live a life that once for me was strange
My world's been torn apart
Broke my spirit and my heart
The last few years a lot of things have changed

Now they want me to work for nothing
To make me feel more useful in my days
They say it's workfare
I say I don't care
If I do a job I must be paid
Otherwise they turn us into slaves

But I guess that's just the way the cards are dealt
Make another hole in my belt
But I'm getting pretty thin
And the walls are caving in
Help me make it to the other side
Coz I'm swimming against the tide

Yeah I guess that's just the way the cards are dealt
Make another hole in my belt
But I'm getting pretty thin
And the walls are caving in
Help me make it to the other side
Coz I'm swimming against the tide
Yes I'm swimming against the tide
Yes I'm swimming against the tide