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We lived through The Touch and The Go.
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With never a great deal to show.
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Spending was fast while earning was slow,
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But we laughed through The Touch and The Go;
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We loved through The Touch and The Go.
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Those were the days when the business was small,
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Fearing the worst should it go to the wall.
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But through inclement weather we held it together.
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Over dead bodies would we see it fall.
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Cries from the cradle utmost in our minds.
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Children to feed and a mortgage to find.
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We'd often embrace whilst wishing for more.
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We were never so happy as when we were poor.
Then business increased, just according to plan.
We could hardly keep up with the rising demand.
The thing that's so funny is both milk and honey
Turned bittersweet for we could not withstand
All the time spent on travel; the time spent apart.
Temptation on both sides to make a new start.
Love grew cold and so insecure.
We were never so happy as when we were poor.
The kids are all grown. They're up and all gone.
They took our last reason for carrying on.
Once there was love and nothing above.
Now 'business as usual' is all we have won.
Ambitions fulfilled, but still dreams remain;
Dreams of a past we can never regain.
Hard work and good fortune brought wealth to our door,
But we were never so happy as when we were poor.