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Have a Word
02:48
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The “Oh Tommy Tommy” thing is getting out of hand
With Stephen Yaxley-Lennon’s miserable band
The “Oh Tommy Tommy” thing ain’t playing games
Except with Stephen’s numerous names
The “Oh Tommy Tommy” thing is coming off the rails
They ain’t forgotten The Stow and having to turn tail
They wear a tin foil hat while singing “Oh Tommy”
And everywhere they look….. is a conspiracy
So, someone have a word about the message from the podia
Someone have a word about a bookshop in Fitzrovia
Someone have a word about Islamophobia
Tell you what…. let’s all have a word
The “Oh Tommy Tommy” thing isn’t very funny
But Stephen Yaxley-Lennon’s making loads of money
The “Oh Tommy Tommy” thing isn’t a laugh
But if you think that he’s a journalist you’re having a giraffe
The “Oh Tommy Tommy” thing inevitably
Has its roots in the EDL and BNP
The National Front and Britain First too
So when he says he ain’t racist…… It’s just not true
So, someone have a word about the message from the podia
Someone have a word about a bookshop in Fitzrovia
Someone have a word about Islamophobia
Tell you what…. let’s all have a word
The “Oh Tommy Tommy” thing turns a blind eye
To the reasons that Stephen’s done so much time
The “Oh Tommy Tommy” thing tends to ignore
Beating up his girlfriend and mortgage fraud
Travelling to the States on a false passport
Assault occasioning ABH, contempt of court
The “Oh Tommy Tommy” thing is bound to fail
‘Cos Stephen Yaxley-Lennon is going back to jail
So, someone have a word about the message from the podia
Someone have a word about a bookshop in Fitzrovia
Someone have a word about Islamophobia
Tell you what…. let’s all have a word
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2. |
Nice/Not Nice
01:35
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You go through life tryin’ to be nice
You go through life tryin’ to do what’s right
Being right, being nice, feeling empowered
Then someone burns an effigy of Grenfell Tower
There’s no redemption for people like that
There’s justice at the end of a baseball bat
How can you debate with that kind of hate
That sees a white face and calls you “mate”
It’s like the Free Tommy crowd and the DFLA
We’ll keep doing what we’re doing ‘til they all go away
It’s still true now what was true back then
If they show their faces round here, they’ll see us again
But you gotta draw the line between the shepherds and the sheep
The real Nazi’s and the company they keep
But there’s no questions, no keeping it neat
No room for conversation when they’re hittin’ the street
But don’t lose focus, don’t lose your perspective
It’s too easy to get wrapped up in all the invective
Most people are good, most people are right
Don’t forget that, don’t forget to be nice.
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Royal Wedding Tea
03:52
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She was pregnant with her first when she walked up the aisle
If you could call that waddle style
While the registrar just smiled
He was fit and handsome and he had a steady job
Not long left the mob
The happy couple for a little while
Her mum’s for a bit then some luck on a council flat
A bit of this and a bit of that
Getting by and getting fat
At the weekend he painted the nursery
Rows about the colour scheme
The occasional bad dream
Now the kids have had their Royal Wedding tea
Bunting left over from the jubilee
It’s back to reality
A royal wedding or the final of the FA cup
He’s really couldn’t give a fuck
Never had that kinda luck
A million-pound player or a million-pound wedding dress
He really couldn’t care less
It’s a million times more than he’ll possess
Now the kids have had their Royal Wedding tea
Bunting left over from the jubilee
It’s back to reality
But didn’t she look lovely in that dress?
A world away but nonetheless
A fairy-tale princess
She doesn’t wave a flag but tunes in anyway
The TV covers the special day
Like no other Saturday
Now the kids have had their Royal Wedding tea
Bunting left over from the jubilee
It’s back to reality
The prince and the commoner will never stress about bills
The NHS when they get ill
From their castle on the hill
No homeless here, a patriotic queue instead
The nations favourite newlyweds
Painting the roses red
Now the kids have had their Royal Wedding tea
Bunting left over from the jubilee
It’s back to reality
No homeless here, a patriotic queue instead
The nations favourite newlyweds
Painting the roses red
Now the kids have had their Royal Wedding tea
Bunting left over from the jubilee
It’s back to reality
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4. |
Think Like a Taxpayer
02:55
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Think like a taxpayer, act like a taxpayer
Think like a taxpayer, act like a taxpayer
Steal a coffee out of Caffe Nero
Their tax bill is virtually zero
Pleading poverty just won’t work
When your parent company’s in Luxembourg
Steal a t-shirt out of Gap
They don’t pay corporation tax
They pay royalties overseas
To companies who don’t make their tees
Steal a book from Waterstones
The bookshop equivalent of Vodafone
Owned by a Russian billionaire
Whose money could be anywhere
Steal your aspirin out of Boots
A company that hides its loot
So carefully that you’ll never see
That they’re impossible to prosecute
Steal your knickers out of Top Shop
Their tax-evading boss is the cream of the crop
Business is dirty, but his hands are clean
Cos the money all goes to Mrs Green.
Steal your glasses out of Vision Express
They take tax evasion to excess
The small print is designed to screw ya
The money is designed to end up in Bermuda
Steal a flatpack from Ikea
Just to give you some idea
They set it up like a charity
To avoid paying tax on their money
Ebay, Google, Amazon and Apple
Samsung, Nike, Nokia and Red Bull
They’re stealing off of you, so you should steal of off them
If you ignore them once ,they’ll just do it all again
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She drops her eldest at school
Old enough to remember when her dad still lived at home
Sticks the younger in his buggy
In no kind of hurry as she wheels him into town
Looking for another payday loan
A bit of credit for her phone
Looking for a stay of execution
While she finds a solution
For the payments on the washing machine
When the money’s all gone
But she’s the engine of the economy
She’s the grease in the machine
Every fiver that she borrows
Is a tenner on a banker’s screen
Forget her productivity
In a greed-based society
From the euro to the pound
It’s debt that makes the wheels go round
It was a decent enough job
Until redundancy came his and his mates way
It’s easy to blame the migrant worker
When you’re called a shirker by the paper that you buy every day
Looking for someone else to blame
Drinking away his shame
But when the words won’t come
But the punches will
It’s the ones that you love
Standing in the way
Now he’s the engine of the economy
He’s the grease in the machine
Every fiver that he borrows
Is a tenner on a banker’s screen
Forget his productivity
In a greed-based society
From the euro to the pound
It’s debt that makes the wheels go round
There was that holiday in Greece
They had a bit of money for a place in the sun, if only for two weeks
They were better times
She wonders about the people that they met in foreign climes
Looking for some happy memories
But the pictures on the TV
Say they’re struggling
And just as broken
As she feels on days
On days like these
They’re the engine of the economy
They’re the grease in the machine
Every fiver that they borrow
Is a tenner on a banker’s screen
Forget their productivity
In a greed-based society
From the euro to the pound
It’s debt that makes the wheels go round
There was that holiday in Greece
He had a bit of money to take the family to the beach
They were happy times
And the people that they met all seemed nice
Looking for the reason it all changed
Still looking for someone to blame
In all the wrong places
In all the wrong faces
And wondering
If she’s still the same
They’re the engine of the economy
They’re the grease in the machine
Every fiver that they borrow
Is a tenner on a banker’s screen
Forget their productivity
In a greed-based society
From the euro to the pound
It’s debt that makes the wheels go round
From the euro to the pound
It’s debt that makes the wheels go round
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6. |
War in Syria
03:19
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I don’t wanna go to war in Syria
Doesn’t mean I support assad
Or hezzbollah or al nusra
Doesn’t mean I’m a fan of iran
Just means I don’t want to drop bombs on schools and hospitals
And blow up kids
With one of them
Precision air strikes
I don’t wanna go to war in Syria
I don’t want to drop bombs on schools and hospitals
And blow up kids
With one of them
Precision air strikes
Is it ok to not want to go to war in Syria
Without being a putin lovin
Russia supporting
Forgetting theyre not commies anymore
Kinda red under the bed
Red in the head
Red in natures tooth and claw
Anti war
I don’t wanna go to war in Syria
I don’t want to drop bombs on schools and hospitals
And blow up kids
With one of them
Precision air strikes
I don’t want to fly a plane for Donald trump
I don’t want to drop bombs for Donald trump
I don’t want to fly a flag for Donald trump
I don’t want a trade deal with Donald trump
I don’t want oil off of Donald trump
I don’t wanna go to war in Syria
That don’t make me kinda inferior
Like some of my friends are making me think
Cos they kinda wanna go to war in Syria
Even if they don’t wanna bomb schools and hospitals
And blow up kids
With one of them
Precision air strikes
I don’t wanna go to war in Syria
I don’t believe in red lines
Blue lines yellow lines
Green lines
Lines in the sand
No I don’t support assad
Or wave a false flag
But
I don’t wanna go to war in Syria
I don’t want to drop bombs on schools and hospitals
And blow up kids
With one of them
Precision air strikes
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7. |
Where Tina Goes
03:34
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Martin knew something was wrong
But Tina was pretty cool
Martin knew something didn’t belong
Tina never went to school
Martin got pushed around
Tina got left at home
Tina got pushed down
Martin wished that he was gone
He just wants to go where Tina goes
The way she wears her hair
The way she wears her clothes
He just wants to know what Tina knows
He just wants to go where Tina goes
They said that Martin was gay
They said that Tina was wrong
Told him to go away
Told her she didn’t belong
They shut the door on her
By shutting the door on him
Making spaces safer
Denying her the very thing
She just wants to go where Tina goes
The way she wears her hair
The way she wears her clothes
She just wants to know what Tina knows
She just wants to go where Tina goes
Martin’s got it figured out
It’s never been his skin
It belonged to Tina all along
She’s always been there for him
Martin’s got it coming out
The road ahead’s still long
It’s a hostile environment
Where she was waiting all along
Cos she just wants to go where Tina goes
The way she wears her hair
The way she wears her clothes
She just wants to know what Tina knows
She just wants to go where Tina goes
Martin and Tina share the same DNA
It’s always been that way
She’s always been that way
Martin and Tina share the same DNA
And it’s OK
It’s gonna be OK
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