Standard (EADGBE)
Intro
big
little
bouncing
the system may have got you but it won't get me
no chord
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Chorus
external control are you gonna let them get you?
do you want to be a prisoner in the boundaries that they set you?
you say you want to be yourself
by christ do you think they'll let you?
they're out to get you get you get you get you get you get you
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hello hello hello this is the lord god can you hear?
hellfire and damnation's what i've got for you down hthere
on earth i have ambasssadors, archbishop, vicar, pope
we'll blind you with morality, you'd best abandon any hope,
we're telling you you'd better pray cos you were born in sin
right from the start we'll build a cell and then we'll lock you in
we sit in holy judgement condemning those who stray
we offer our forgiveness but first we'll make you pay
repeat chorus
Verse 2
hello hello hello now here's a message from your queen
as figurehead of the status quo i set the social scene
i'm most concerned with my people, i want to give them peace
so i'm making sure they stay in line with my army and police
my prisons and my mental homes have ever open doors
for those amongst my subjects who dare to ask for more
unruliness and disrespect are things i can't allow
so i'll see the peasants grovel if they refuse to bow
repeat chorus
Verse 3
Introducing the prime minister, she's the mother to us all
like the dutch boy's thumb her arse is in the wall
holding back the future waiting for the seas to part
if moses did it with his faith then she'll do it with an army
no chords(bass and drum only)
who at times of threatened crisis are certain to be there
guarding national heritage no matter what or where
palaces for kings and queens mansions for the rich
protection for the wealthy defense of privilage
they've learnt the ropes in ireland, engaged in civil war
fighting the ruling classes in there battle against the poor
so irelands just an island? it's an island of the mind
great britain?future? bollocks, you'd better look behind
round every other corner stands p.c. 1984
guardian of the future, he'll emplement the law
he's there as a grim reminder that no matter what you do
big brother's system is always there with his beady eyes on you
from god to local bobby, in home and street and school
they've got your name and number while you've got their rule
we've got to look for methods to undermine those powers
it's time to change the tables the future must be ours