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Why Workers Must Lyrics by Leon Rosselson

For the Good of the Nation

1981

Why workers must work harder, produce more, and ask for less
So that the wheels- so that the wheels may continue
So that the wheels may continue to turn
So that the wheels may turn, hours into ashes, days into dust, seasons into stone
So that the turners of wheels may die of boredom every day, every day until one day they die of boredom
So that old age pensioners may feast on carboard sandwiches and flasks of cough medicine
So that our pensions may be protected from inflation by investments in Cancer Incorporated
So that the dust may drift
So that Bernard Levin may lay his moderately well-formed turds on the graveyard pages of the Times
So that children’s heads may be marooned on high rise traffic islands
So that we may all join the equal opportunity queues to be;
Tranquilised, barbitur-ised, amphetam-ised, hypnotised, exorcised, limbo-lised, expurgated, tabulated, regulated, stamped, and sedated
So that the arch bishop of Canterbury may stir the teacup of the soul with the silver spoon of God
So that money lenders may lend money to pay interest on money borrowed from money lenders to pay interest on money borrowed from money lenders to pay money lenders
So that the dust may rise
So that we may be free to choose between Tuberculosis International and the British Bronchitis Corporation
So that a regiment of red coats from Bucklands may lick our dreams into the proper shape for knock out competition
So that the ears may be filled with the din that the hands produce for the eyes to consume that the heart may wither away
So that oil slick executives may dine out at Annabelle's
So that allotments may be transformed into concrete memorials to the dead
So that the poor may dig dust from the Earth for the wealthy to bury in vaults
So that our children have bank accounts
So that the balance of terror may be maintained
So that the dust may fall
So that the meek may inherit the Earth because they haven't the strength to refuse
So that the lungs may be lined with the dust that kills
So that blood may be choked with the dust that kills
So that mine may be fogged with the dust that kills
So that the dust may kill
So that we may count the ashes, until tomorrow when, with energy, or after tomorrow with determination, or after after tomorrow with a great national effort, or sometime in the dust to come, when the stone is ripe, our children, or there children, or there children’s children, or there children’s children’s children, may, if the dust, know what it is, if the dust doesn't, to be, if the dust doesn't get them, happy.
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Leon Rosselson

Leon Rosselson

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