One Second Chance

 “It says here you’re from Houston: You’re certified to drive a truck.
“It doesn’t say what you been doin’ the last five years.”
Then I watched his eyes keep readin’, then I watched his eyes look up,
An’ watched another job I needed disappear.
‘Cause when they get to the line: “Have you been convicted of a crime?”
They say: “Thanks for comin’ in,” an’ they don’t call you back.
I ain’t askin’ for every job under the sun:
I just want one second chance.

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Make them DAMN vending machines take pennies also.

WASHINGTON – An effort to force a redesign of the nation’s currency so paper money could be more easily used by the blind would be too expensive and could cause undue hardships on the vending machine industry, the Bush administration says.

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