Version: Live 1986-05-17 First Appears On: Live for Ireland Compilation, 1986
Written By: Christy Moore Performed By: Christy Moore et al, + Larry live at Self-Aid

(Thank you very much)

I'm not stupid, I'm not lazy
I don't want something for nothing, but it's all I can get
Without the few quid welfare pays me
I'd be wrapped up even tighter in the poverty net

And I'm here today with a message
from the men on the street to the men on the top
Of this misery, this human wastage
This erosion of dignity has just got to stop

I can build a house
I can dig a hole
I can bend a fuse
I can climb a pole
I can work in factory
I can assemble a tv
I can do anything
Anything you please

I can do it
You can help me
We can make it work
Make it work, make it work

Let's make it work
Let's make it work

North and South of the siren
Four hundred thousand, they're on the line
Four hundred thousand, dream of a future
A future that's yours and mine

But we need a plan for people
Not for power and not for gain
Let's take hold of this moment
Let's make it work, make it work, make it work

I can build a house
I can dig a hole
I can bend a fuse
I can climb a pole
I can work in factory
I can assemble a tv
I can do anything
Anything you please

I can do it
You can help me
We can make it work
Make it work, make it work

Let's make it work
Let's make it work
Let's make it work
Let's make it work