What do you do when they won't raise your pay
Do you downsize the Porsche, get a cheap holiday?
No you walk to the food bank every day!
Bang on the bars if you're poor

We're on Poverty Row
Bang on the bars if you're angry
And the warders put on a show
And sneer and rattle their keys
Oh please
We're dying for lack of a life
We're dying for lack of a life.

The bills roll in, and life's gone to pot
The bailiffs are coming to take all I've got
And the politicians say that there's not
A crisis. There IS if you're poor

We're on...

The kids are hungry and cold, there's no heat
All that I've got is baked beans for a treat
You've a voice if you're strong
But not if you're weak
Bang on the bars if you're poor

We're on...

If you're old and ill and you cannot cope
What can you do that'll give you some hope?
Well you make a big noise with the other poor folk
Bang on the bars if you're poor!
We're on...