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Puts up the closed sign does the man in the corner shop
Serves his last then he says goodbye to him
He knows it is a hard life
But it's nice to be your own boss really
Walks off home does the last customer
He is jealous of the man in the corner shop
He's sick of working at the factory
Says it must be nice to be your own boss, really
La-la-la-la-la
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Sells cigars to the boss from the factory
He is jealous of the man in the corner shop
He is sick of struggling so hard
Says it might be nice to own a factory
Go to church do the people from the area
All shapes and classes sit and pray together
For here they are all one
For God created all men equal
La-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la
Go to church do the people from the area
Go to church do the people from the area
Go to church do the people from the area
For God created all men equal, they know
That God created all men equal, they know
That God created all men equal, they know
That God created all men equal, they know
That God created all men equal, they know
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Serves his last then he says goodbye to him
He knows it is a hard life
But it's nice to be your own boss really
Walks off home does the last customer
He is jealous of the man in the corner shop
He's sick of working at the factory
Says it must be nice to be your own boss, really
La-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la
Sells cigars to the boss from the factory
He is jealous of the man in the corner shop
He is sick of struggling so hard
Says it might be nice to own a factory
Go to church do the people from the area
All shapes and classes sit and pray together
For here they are all one
For God created all men equal
La-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la
Go to church do the people from the area
Go to church do the people from the area
Go to church do the people from the area
For God created all men equal, they know
That God created all men equal, they know
That God created all men equal, they know
That God created all men equal, they know
That God created all men equal, they know
La-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la
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Lyrics submitted by planetearth, edited by Jammerwords
Man in the Corner Shop Lyrics as written by Paul John Weller
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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You have all got it wrong the song actually is an anti racism song the man in the corner shop refers to a person of asian descent who owns his own business the factory worker is jealous of the man because he is not english. This was a very typical situation that arose in the 70s and 80s where corner shop owners had to endure racism towards them. MikeBC you use all those posh words but say nothing. Weller would not be impressed.
Anti racism? No chance. The song is political versus religion as another poster said.<br /> That is pretty obvious in black and white words.<br /> If you want to invent that the shop owner was asian, and that's the angle, that is up to you. It might well be the shop owner WAS asian, but then again, all three men may have been asian. You make no sense in taking this view. It's about inequality in life versus so-called equality at 'god's creation' and that is where the IRONY comes in.<br /> It's a much more intelligent song than getting into the racism angle which here, just does not exist.<br />