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"If my dad knew I was a consultant, he'd turn 10 times in his grave!... so true.

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Turning

by Bill Bates

If my dad knew I was a consultant
He would turn ten times in his grave
Earning money out of another man’s wages
He’s equate it to keeping a slave
For my dad, he had a conscience
A social awareness had he
A union man of the people
And a pillar o’ society

Turning, Turning, Turning. Turning

If my dad knew I was on commission
He’d surely wake from the dead
Earning money from another man’s grafting
He’d say I’d lost my head
For to rob a man of his wages
Would be an act so depraved
If me dad knew I was a consultant
He would turn ten times in his grave
In his grave

Turning, Turning, Turning. Turning

Would you steal bread from his table?
And food from the mouth of his kid
Would you take the cash from his pocket? ‘
because I recon that’s what you did
Would you rob him, and cheat and deceive him?
Is that how you should behave?
For to rob a man of his wages
He would turn ten times in his grave In his grave

Turning, Turning, Turning. Turning

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from When England Calls - (26 tracks), track released January 3, 2012

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Bill Bates Royal Leamington Spa, UK

I am a Warwickshire based singer songwriter and I perform my songs in folk clubs and festivals. My songs are (almost) autobiographical and often about the ordinary things in life, such as caravan holidays, recycling and a song about a Mars Bar party (where people are supposed to have took their clothes off!) Some of my songs are funny, other songs are serious; either way I hope you like them! ... more

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