Cost of Living Crisis Lyrics

I wake up again and I'm cold and alone

I roll over to check the time on my phone

And it's died in my sleep and I don't know what to do

I got no coins left to top the meter up too

I pull my blanket tight and walk down the stairs

My jeans are so ripped, they're barely covering the hairs on my legs

But at least I got a roof over my head

Barely twenty years ago my job would pay my bills

A wife, two kids, a mortgage and holiday thrills

Now I open my fridge and have to decide between

A stale crust of bread or half a tangerine

Cos this doesn't make sense, I can drive to work

If I don't eat breakfast and don't replace my shirt

It's pretty messed up, I know I'm not alone

When millions of others don't even have a home

What the hell are we supposed to do

Life costs too much, we're in a

Cost of living crisis

Cost of living crisis

Cost of living crisis

Well it takes an hour to get to my job

Then my day starts and for a whole other slog

And the overtime comes and I leave work late

I promise I don't choose it, its actually what I hate

And the pay packet just about cover my bills

I haven't eaten lunch and my stomach really kills

But I can't afford to be paid any less

I'm burning out real fast, but I'm caught up in this mess

Thank god I am alone, with no responsibility

Imagine not eating when your kids rely on me

Imagine having to chose between

Eating food to live, or getting your clothes clean

This is the reality of the country we are in

Food costs rise and wages crunch, everyone complaining

Emergency workers can't even afford

To live to do their jobs, and food banks bare to the floor

What the hell are we supposed to do

Life costs too much, we're in a

Cost of living crisis

Cost of living crisis

Cost of living crisis

Now the winter rolls in and were freezing

And the people of yesterday are dying

Cos the ambulances are overrun

Hundreds of people waiting to see someone

And you can't get to work, the roads are shut

And the rail network is also really messed up

So your employer won't pay the work you've not done

But you also have to live, this really ain't fun

And your bills are hiking through the roof

The extra money is basically a spoof

Cos it goes nowhere remotely close

To heating a kettle or making some toast

What the hell can we do?

No one has capacity to even consider the zoo

Of the state of our politics

These elitists tell us they care for us

What the hell are we supposed to do

Life costs too much, we're in a

Cost of living crisis

Cost of living crisis

Cost of living crisis