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Good morning day, how do you do
    I wonder - what will you do for me?
    I should be on my way, I should be earning pay
    I should be all the things that I'm not -
    And I've tried on my own, now there's nothing to keep me at home
    Like my brother has too - gotta leave to get out of this view
    You see they, tell you to move around -
    If you can't find work in your own town
As I rise from my bed I can hear the old man
    Blaming heaven & mother for this
    30 years with one firm, 13 months redundant
    Yes I'd say that's unlucky for some -
Now our tears fall like rain, as my mother walks me to my train
    With a kiss & a wave - "come home weekends" - that's if I can 
    save
    I swear I'll take it out on the man -
    Who ever devised this economy plan
All the love in the world - can't put -
    Dinner on the table -
    All the hate that I feel no love could put right
Good morning day, how do you do
    I wonder - what will you do for me?
    I should be on my way, I should be earning pay
    I should be all the things that I'm not -
And I've tried on my own, now there's nothing to keep me at home
    All the love and the strength has been taken by this government
    You see they, tell you to move around -
    If you can't find work in your own town
Father's in the kitchen, counting out coins
    Mother's in the bedroom, looking through pictures of her boys
    One is in london, looking for a job
    The other's in whitehall - looking for those responsible! 
The wind blows whispers down the street
    Having free reign with the town so bleak -
    Like everything else it's - all gone away
    The town hall clock gives forth its chime
    For no-one there to ask the time -
    Like everything else they've - all gone away
The grocer's shop hangs up its sign
    The sign say's closed it's a sign of the times -
    Like everything else they've - all gone away
But somewhere the party never ends
    And greedy hands rub together again -
    Shipping out the profits that they've stolen
An eerie wail comes from the pit
    The ghosts of the men take the morning shift -
    Just like clockwork - rusting away
Come take a walk upon these hills
    And see how monetarism kills -
    Whole communities -
    Even families -
    There's nothing left so - they've all gone away 
May I walk you home tonight
    On this fine and lovely night tonight -
    We'll walk past the luscious houses
    Through rolling lawns and lovely flowers -
    Our nice new town where the curtains are drawn
    Where hope is started and dreams can be borne
    Let us share our insanity
    Go mad together in community
    Boys on the corner looking for their supper
    Boys round the green looking for some slaughter -
    We used to chase dreams now we chase the dragon
    Mine is the semi with the union jack on
In our paradise lost we'll be finding our sanity
    In this paradise found we'll be losing our way -
    For a brave new day
May I slash my wrists tonight
    On this fine conservative night tonight -
    I was looking for a job so I came to town
    I easily adopt when the chips are down -
    I read the ad about the private schemes
    I liked the idea but now I'm not so keyne 
If you believe you have an equal share
    In the whole wide world and all it bears
    An' that your share is no less or more than
    Your fellow sisters and brother man
    Then take this knowledge and with it insist
    Declare yourself - an internationalist!
    If you lay no blame at the feet of next door
    An' realise this struggle is also yours
    An' that without the strength of us altogether
    The world as it stands will remain forever
    Then take this challenge and make it exist!
    Rise up as - an internationalist!
If your eyes see deeper than the colour of skin
    Then you must also see we are the same within
    An' the rights you expect are the rights of all
    Now it's up to you to lead the call
    That liberty must come at the top of the list
    Stand proud as - an internationalist!
If you see the mistake in having bosses at all
    You will also see how they all must fall
    For under this system there is no such thing
    As the democracy our leaders would have us sing
    No time for lies now as only truth must persist
    Rise up now and declare yourself - an internationalist! 
For liberty there is a cost - it's broken skulls and leather cosh
    From the boys in uniform - now you know whose side they're on -
    With backing - with blessing
    From earthly gods not heaven
    A stone's throw away from it all
Whatever pleasures those who get - from stripping skin with rhino whip
    Are the kind that must be stopped - before their kind take all we've got -
    With loving - with caring
    They take great pride in working
    The stone's throw away from it all
Whenever honesty persists - you'll hear the snap of broken ribs
    Of anyone who'll take no more - of the lying bastards' roar -
    In chile - in poland
    Johannesburg - south yorkshire
    A stone's throw away: now we're there 
Get 'em laughing - keep 'em there
    You hold your own and they'll hold their's
    Hold their glasses - can't hold their beer
    Tell 'em the one about the fucking queer
    Do the one that always works
    'Bout the lazy blacks that don't like work
    And once you got 'em, keep 'em there
    Raise their spirits! raise their cheer!
Do that one that never fails
    'Bout the gang of white thugs and the asian male
    And once you got 'em, they'll be with you!
    See this lot's loyal, through and through
Tell irish jokes and you can't miss
    Do the building site one and how they're all thick
    Keep 'em laughing - you'll have it made
    We're a friendly lot and you'll be well paid
But keep 'em laughing don't let it stop
    Or the truth might catch up and spoil the plot 
As the rain comes down, upon this sad sweet earth
    I lie awake at nights and - think about me
    All those usual things like what a fool I've been
    I curse the awful way - that I let you slip away
    For what was forged in love, is now cooling down
    With only myself to blame for playing that stupid game
    I thought I need only call and you would run
    But that day you never showed honey - well I sure learnt -
That it seems I need you more each day
    Heaven knows why that it goes that way -
    Now it's far too late - an' I've lost this time -
    Like the boy who cried wolf
An' yes - I know it's far too late
    To ever win you back -
    No tale of nightmare's at my gate -
    Could make you turn -
    My lost concern
And now the night falls down, upon my selfish soul
    I sit alone and wonder - where did I go wrong?
    It always worked before you kept the wolf from my door
    But one day you never showed and honey - now I'm not so sure -
That is seems I need you more each day
    Heaven knows why that it goes that way -
    Now it's far too late - an' I've lost this time -
    Like the boy who cried wolf 
I bought the paper yesterday and I saw the obituary
    And I read of how you died in pain -
    Well I just couldn't understand it
    If I could of changed that, then lord knows I'd do it now
    But there is no going back -
    And what's done is done forever
But you were always chained and shackled by the dirt -
    Of every small town institution and every big town flirt
And I think of what you might have been
    A man of such great promise
    Oh but, you seem to forget the dream -
    And the more you saw you hated
But let's not talk of blame, for what is only natural
    Like a moth going to a flame -
    You had a dangerous passion
But you were always chained and shackled by the dirt -
    Of every small town institution and every big town flirt
All the things that you might have been - but who am I to say?
    Still I wonder -
    If it's the cold earth you prefer to lay -
    If it's the cold earth - you prefer to stay 
Catch me I'm falling so fast and I can't seem to find
    All the reasons I had when the purpose was mine
    Now I stumble so fast rolling into the night
    Kiss me quick before I land and am broken in two
    Keep me on the right track, hold my dreams in tact too -
    I get lost in this place - I get lost, yes its true
Quand on n'a plus rien en soi - quand on n'a plus de refuge -
    Quand on ne peut plus fuir - quand on ne sais on courrir
    Noir comme la nuit - oui, noir comme mon ame -
    Noir comme les eaux - dans lesquels je sombre
Help me I'm sinking so fast into waters unplanned
    That I once held onto but have got out of hand
    Now the things that I loved are the things I can't stand
Squeeze me slow before I come to that part of the ground
    It's a million miles up and a million miles down
    I get lost in between and I wait to be found
Quand on n'a plus rien en soi - quand on n'a plus de refuge -
    Quand on ne peut plus fuir - quand on ne sais ou courrir -
    Noir comme la nuit - oui noir comme mon ame -
    Noir comme les eaux - dans lesquels je sombre
And in the waters I sink and in the waters I drink
    Until I rise to the top which in truth is not
    To make you feel your alright, to make you feel there's no fight - 
No peace for the wicked - only war on the poor
    They're batting on pickets - trying to even the score
    It's all inclusive - the dirt comes free
    And you can be all that you want to be
    Oh an equal chance and an equal say
    But equally there's no equal pay
    There's room on top - if you tow the line
    And if you believe all this you must be out of your mind
There's only room for those the same
    Those who play the leeches game
    Don't get settled in this place
    The lodger's terms are in disgrace
Getcha brains blown out - in a captain's mess
    Stand for the queen if you can stand the test
    It's all thrown in and the lies come free
    And you can be all that they want you to be
Oh if you work hard you can be the boss
    But if you don't work at all then that's nobody's loss
    There's room on top - if you dig in low
    And the idea is what they reap you sow
With an old school tie and a reference
    You can cover up crimes in their defence
    It's all thrown in and the lies come free
    And you can be all that they want you to be 
Luck fell in the right place for me
      The day you happend to come by -
      You caught me feeling all was useless
      And left me feeling ten feet high
      Now nothing again will be quite the same
      You gathered my fears and threw them away
Luck dropped in just at the right time
      The time when I felt most alone -
      All my dreams had seemed to vanish
      Now my nightmares have upped and gone
I'm not scared of farewells, nothing's the same twice
      I stride through the day and I float through the night
How much choice do we have in this?
      Like some almighty hand smashing your life into pieces
      One day you're washed and drowned -
      And the next minute you're put back on land
Now nothing again can be quite the same
      I gather my fears and I throw them away
Luck - when you hold me closely
      Ooh - feels like summertime
      Luck - when you hold my hand
      I - want it all the time
Luck - in your country kisses
      Ooh - I love your outlook
      Luck - in your hills and valleys
      Go on talking my babbling brook! 
From the playground to the wasteground
      Hope ends at 17 -
      Sweeping floors and filling shelves
      Forced into government schemes -
      11 years spent to dig out ditches
      Forget your schoolday dreams -
      Guarantees and lie-filled speeches
      But nothings what it seems -
      Qualified and patronised and with everything to lose
      No choice or chance for the future
      The rich enjoy less tax -
      Dress the girls in pretty pink
      The shit goes to the blacks
      A generation's heart torn out
      And covered up the facts
      The only thing they'll understand
      Is a wall against their backs
      The only hope now left for those - with everything to lose
In desperation empty eyes
      Signed up and thrown away -
      There's drugs replacing dignity
      The short sharp shock repaid -
      There'll be no money if you dare to question
      Working the tory way -
      The truth is up there carved in stone
      Where 21 dead now lay -
      A family's loss for a few pounds saved -
      With everything to lose 
From the playground to the wasteground
        Hope ends at 17 -
        Sweeping floors and filling shelves
        Forced into government schemes -
        11 years spent to dig out ditches
        Forget your schoolday dreams -
        Guarantees and lie-filled speeches
        But nothings what it seems -
        Qualified and patronised and with everything to lose
        No choice or chance for the future
        The rich enjoy less tax -
        Dress the girls in pretty pink
        The shit goes to the blacks
        A generation's heart torn out
        And covered up the facts
        The only thing they'll understand
        Is a wall against their backs
        The only hope now left for those - with everything to lose
In desperation empty eyes
        Signed up and thrown away -
        There's drugs replacing dignity
        The short sharp shock repaid -
        There'll be no money if you dare to question
        Working the tory way -
        The truth is up there carved in stone
        Where 21 dead now lay -
        A family's loss for a few pounds saved -
        With everything to lose