and your backs are to the wall
And the kids are needing clothing
an d you lack the wherewithal
When economic crisis
grabs the country by the earholes,
That's the time to
rally round your leaders.
For the leaders of the nation,
the Employers' Federation,
They know all the answers
and the Institute of Bankers
Know a way to save the day.
You've only got to sacrifice your pay.
When miners start demanding
astronomical amounts
To swell their private fortunes
in their numbered Swiss accounts.
Each then you'll hear the
mighty voice
of Westminster announce
Forward to the pits to get the coal
out!
Chaps with bowlers, umbrellas,
Monday clubbers,
Splendid fellas,
ministers and royal pages
And they're not here for the
wages but because
The time has come,
to show the miners
how it should be done.
When money -grubbin' building
workers vote to go on strike,
And brutal pickets interfere
with honest blacklegs' rights,
It's then that loyal Britishers
are called upon to fight,
To defend free enterprise
and law and order.
Cops and TV commentators,
lawyers, building speculators,
Magistrates and judges,
scabs who are paying off their grudges,
use the law. It has no flaw.
To serve their interests,
that is what it's for.
When disaffected mums and dads
begin to bawl and shout,
Insisting that our education
system's up the spout,
Remember Maggie Thatcher's there
and she knows all about
Everything concerning education
For she knows that kids and workers
are just layabouts and shirkers
To teach them would be folly
and an utter waste of lolly
Waste of time, save the dough
They're here to work,
that's all they need to know
So just remember
when you feel inclined to criticise
It's not for you to question
or to ask the reason why
Close your mouth and go on grafting
till the day you die
And win the thanks
of those who own the nation
They will con you, they'll mislead you,
they will rob you, they will bleed you
With a smile they'll freeze
your wages,
kill you off by easy stages
Till the day you pull the chain
And flush the whole caboodle
down the drain you