You don't hear me on the radio, you don't see me on TV
You don't read me in the papers or the glossy magazines
But I built me my own website and I burn my own CDs
That's why I'm singing in the folk clubs for free

I never played America, never made the grade
Never played the Albert Hall, never did get paid
Couldn't fill the Fox & Hounds, couldn't even get laid
That's why I'm singing in the folk clubs down your way

Singing in the folk clubs, there's no-one there to hear
Singing in the folk clubs, I just do it for the beer
Singing in the folk clubs, I don't know where I am
Singing in the folk clubs and I don't give a ...
... damn

I've done the songs of Dylan 'bout a hundred thousand times
Of Paxton and of Taylor, now I need a song that's mine
Sixteen verses and a chorus, harmony, imperfect rhyme
Till then I'm singing in the folk clubs marking time

Singing in the folk clubs, there's no-one there to hear
Singing in the folk clubs, I just do it for the beer
Singing in the folk clubs really is the pits
Singing in the folk clubs and I don't give a ...
...

They say that I should sing the blues when I'm feeling low
Maybe play some jazz with chords that I don't know
Or country, or bluegrass, or maybe rock & roll
Till then I'm singing in the folk clubs... here we go!

Singing in the folk clubs, there's no-one there to hear
Singing in the folk clubs, I just do it for the beer
Singing in the folk clubs, I just can't get enough
Singing in the folk clubs and I don't give a ...
...

Singing in the folk clubs, there's no-one there to hear
Singing in the folk clubs, I just do it for the beer
Singing in the folk clubs, I guess I'm out of luck
Singing in the folk clubs and I don't give a ...
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