I was living in a newtown I had problems with my parents So I moved on up to London town Where they said things were happening, going down Living in a besit Bunking the tube trains Sleeping all day long And you know no-one, 'cos you don't go out 'Cos you've got no work You just watch television Living with unemployment I, I ain't got a job And there's no work in the city They, they always try to blame it on the blacks But it's really those in power who stab you in the back Living in a besit Bunking the tube trains Sleeping all day long And you know no-one, 'cos you don't go out 'Cos you've got no work You just watch television Living with unemployment Round our way we ain't got a lot And after two years on the dole I felt I'd been left to rot But now I've joined the army and, believe it or not I'm going to Northern Ireland and I'm gonna get shot! Living in a besit Bunking the tube trains Sleeping all day long And you know no-one, 'cos you don't go out 'Cos you've got no work You just watch television Living with unemployment Living with unemployment Oh you get so lonely Living with unemployment It gets so frustrating Living with unemployment And the Neurotics wanna tell you what it's like to be Unemployed, out of work, unemployed, out of work (Mother's plea) Try to stay out of trouble, dear It's lonely for you And it's lonely for me It's lonely for all of us Can't you see? Living in a besit Bunking the tube trains Sleeping all day long And you know no-one, 'cos you don't go out 'Cos you've got no work You just watch television Living with unemployment Living with unemployment Oh you get so lonely Living with unemployment It gets so frustrating Living with unemployment, living without (Club reggae section) When you've out of work They treat you like dirt I said, when you're out of work They treat you like dirt It's all part of the plan, part of the plan We are the scroungers Living with unemployment