Chumbawamba - The Candidates Find Common Ground Lyrics
Full employment, slave labor, and schemes
An unemployed workforce, the capitalist's dream
But lets keep Britain working--either way we must keep Britain working
Conventional weapons to kill people nicely
Nuclear weapons to keep the peace
Nationalization, with one big boss
No, privatization, with lots of little bosses
But someone in control, of course, either way there must be someone giving orders
[Chorus]
A toast to democracy
The prison guard of this society
Sides in the voting game
Disappear into the same machine
The same machine
A toast
To stopping pickets pulling down fences
To the British troops in Northern Ireland
To the wonderful victory in the Falklands
To the plastic bullet and the riot police
To the UDM, to the TUC
To isolating gays and to law and to order
To richer bosses, to poorer workers
[Repeat chorus]
To longer hours and to less pay
To the courts for those who get in our way
To the beating of people who step out of line
To the use of troops to break a strike
To the expulsion of extremists and political witch hunts
To repatriation, to benefit cuts
To peaceful settlements, and to no strike agreements
To authority, to power, to governments
One, two, three
To the annual rise in the MP's wage
To vested interests, to privilege
To the party who wins the next election
By definition a victory to capitalism
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Chumbawamba The Candidates Find Common Ground Comments
I first heard this song in Germany when I was in the Army in the 80's. I never forgot it and I spent years trying to find it. I finally did about 3 years ago, oh how I've missed it.
"If Voting changed anything, it would be illegal"-Emma Goldstein
It's Emma Goldman...
it was neither Goldman nor Twain, but Robert S. Borden in a 1976 newspaper column: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mark-twain-voting-quote/
807 views.. a pessimist would complain this needs to be heard by many many more people.. an optimist realizes that's 807 enlightened individuals. Take which every stance you like :)