When one
voice rules the nation
Just because they're on top of
the pile
Doesn't mean their vision
is the clearest
The voices of the people
Are falling on deaf ears
Our politicians all
become careerists
They must declare their interests
But not their company cars
Is there more to a seat in parliament
Then sitting on your arse
And the best of all this bad bunch
Are shouting to be heard
Above the sound of ideologies
clash ing
Outside the patient millions
Who put them into power
Expect a little more back for
their taxes
Like school books, beds in hospitals
And peace in our bloody time
All they get is old men grind
ing axes
Who've built their private fortunes
On the things they can rely
The courts, the secret handshake
The Stock Exchange
and the old school tie
For God and Queen and Country
All things they justify
Above the sound of ideo logies clashing
God bless the civil service
The nations saving grace
While we expect democracy
They're laughing in our face
And although our cries get louder
Their laughter gets louder still
Above the sound of ideolo
gies clashing