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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
But weapons definitely--either way we must defend ourselves
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 US bases and nuclear weapons
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
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   But weapons definitely--either way we must defend ourselves   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 US bases and nuclear weapons   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