tim takes on most of the ills of the world then jema delivers a soothing singalong chorus. produced (believe it or not) by grammy award winning steve levine.
melodic electronica with violin, guitar and vocals
thoughtful melodic electronica with violin, guitars and vocals.
Story behind the song
Like a lot of our songs, this deals with outsiderness and, I suppose, the choices you make out of principle or conviction, to be part of a system or not. The system in question may be racist or materialist or otherwise spiritually oppressive or corrupt, but opting out has its price of alienation and anyway every revolution gets betrayed eventually.
Lyrics
here's mister greedy in his usual trance
bears all the hallmarks of high finance
given up romance, sad love affairs
keeps it all in stocks and shares
yes, he's been through the mud,
been through the flak
got his hands on the money
and he's not about to give it back
buys and he sells, he doesn't get weary
of giving us more of his trickledown theory
pinstripe redneck spoonfed braindead
you'll find, it's all in the mind
white shirt, schooltie blackshirt red
I swear, you are what you wear
flash down the street in a big bright car
swastika badge and lobotomy scar
good, bad, can't say which
but something about you makes me twitch.
never gonna do the things we planned
never gonna go to disneyland
meanwhile the poor get poorer
and the rich get fat,
yeah bring the revolution with a baseball bat
icepicks knifeflicks headkicks politics
where oh where did you get your head fixed
adding it up, checking out the angles
the words and the numbers
all tangled and mangled
the end is the means and it means you fail
show me a rebel and I'll show you betrayal
don't really wanna namedrop
but I think you got your clothes
from the same shop
gets you sick, just want more quicker
still want more get sick sick sicker
used up luck's up life's all sucked up
how oh how did we get so (oh no!)
somebody got a low score,
somebody got a bit more
never gonna do the things we planned
never gonna go to disneyland
