friends I have a problem that Id like to address

and it may be peculiarly mine

in these days of unemployment I am forced to confess

yours trulys working overtime

my phone is ringing madly

they all want me oh so badly

theres only one hitch I can see

oh no! its a benefit, not another benefit

and when are they gonna benefit me



Ive played for day care, pro-choice, Greenpeace, world peace

labour causes, unfair laws and Latin American solidarity

Ive stopped Spadina*, failed to stop the Cruise, Ive saved

the whales and wolves

Ive tried to save the N.D.P.**

now aint it kinda funny

how were always raising money

for the things in life that ought to be free

oh no! its a benefit, not another benefit

and when are they gonna benefit me



the phone rings and a voice says hi we havent met, in fact

I must admit Ive never heard of you at all

but someone at a meeting said her sister said her lover said

we really ought to give you a call

our situations critical

she says youre quite political

and feminist and always play for free...

oh no! its a benefit, not another benefit

and when are they gonna benefit me



and when the bankers finally get me

cause I havent paid my debts be

sure youre ready to call up Nancy White for me

and shell say

oh no its a benefit, not another benefit

and when are they gonna benefit me (3)





* an expressway planned for downtown Toronto



** The N.D.P. is sort-of left wing Canadian political party

that usually vote for and rarely gets elected.