SongsOf Protest&Freedom#5
(Billy Bragg - Ideology)
Day 5 of the freedom selection is a cut from Singer, Songwriter and performer; Stephen William Bragg featured a couple of times already on the musicologist with his critique on two subjects close to my heart 'Big Pharma' and National Identity.
This one, (another of the subjects close to my heart), is taken from his 1986 set 'Talking With The Taxman About Poetry'.
"When one voice rules the nation,
Just because they're 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 delirious,
They must declare their interests,
But not their company cars,
Is there more to a seat in Parliament,
Than sitting on your arse?
And the best of all this bad bunch,
Is shouting to be heard,
Above the sound of Ideologies clashing,
Outside the patient millions who put them into power,
Expect a little more back for their taxes,
Like schoolbooks, beds in hospitals,
And peace in our bloody times,
All they get is old men grinding axes,
Who've built their private fortunes on 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 just defy,
Above the sound of Ideologies clashing,
God bless the civil service,
The nation's saving grace,
While we expect democracy,
They're laughing in our face,
And although our cries get louder,
The laugh gets louder still,
Above the sound of Ideologies clashing,
Above the sound of Ideologies,
Above the sound of Ideologies,
Above the sound of Ideologies clashing,
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