“I don't mind failing in this world,
I'll stay down here with the raggedy crew,
'Cause getting up there means stepping on you,
so I don't mind failing in this world.”

—  Malvina Reynolds

Song I don't mind failing in this world https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ60n_-BK6Q (1966)

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American folk singer 1900–1978

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