The Big Society

They take away this and they take away that
Until we've got hard times and that's a fact
I know things are tight but it is still not right turning our days into night
They put us on the stack stretch us on the racks
They say the poor have the broadest backs
You can't escape the big brother eye it has got you in its focus until the day you die
They say it is for your safety your health and safety
So they can see and help you in case you're looking pasty
Take it on the nose take it on the chin some you lose and some you win
Divide and rule that is what they do
Until we all despise the cripple and hate the fool
They say he has not worked for twenty years and all of this time
Us suckers have been paying for his beers
So get him down here and get the sloucher signed off
And make sure the medical is sloppy and rough
We think it's time even with his bad heart that he gets a job and he plays his part
If he dies soon after then its all for the best we all have to make sacrifices for the rest
Now they tell me after I have done up the place
To downsize to a shoe box and live out of a suitcase
I don't know now what I am going to do since
They made me dispossessed and took away my heart too
I'm going down fast I am not going to last before I had a garden and birdsong
Now I've got gangsters living above below p head families who argue about love
To the left and right creatures of the night come and go like shadows in the twilight

The students are revolting up and down the land
At rises in tuition fees and they're taking a stand
Three hundred percent is one hell of a rise
You can see why the lags and Tories they despise
The riot police were there to kick heads in
To them there is no such thing as innocent men
The prince and duchess got caught up in the affray
And were surrounded by an angry mob and couldn't get away
The prince said b off we will be late for the show we've
Got free tickets and a box to go too don't you know
The cuts are savage and we ain't seen nothing yet
I had better sell grandma on ebay and call the vet
Some say the starving will be in mad roving bands
Looking out for tasty bits like leg brain and hands
It won't be safe wherever you are and it will not be long
Before you have to swim to your car
It is a sign of the times and it will not get better
In fact it is going to get worse and a whole lot wetter
I would love to say that all ends well but the story of humans is one of a war torn hell
In this society we all live in a fish tank and all the water
Is owned by the markets and the banks
One things for sure is I can't come up for air because all
I would be breathing is more despair
The calibre of politicians today make me sick they
Should be all rounded up and put in a greasy old skip
The media's news it's just there to entertain
The best stories are a lie and the rest is mundane
The greedy and the seedy all feed off the bleeding needy
It is just the way it has always been
Take it on the nose take it on the chin some you lose and some you win