When one voice rules the nation   Just because they're top of the pile   Doesn't mean their vision is the clearest   The voices of the people   Are fallin' on deaf ears   Our politicians all become careerists      They must declare their interests   But not their company cars   Is there more to a seat in parliament   Than sitting on your arse   And the best of all this bad bunch   Is shouting to be heard   Above the sound of ideologies clashing      Outside the patient millions   Who put them into power   Expect a little more back for their taxes   Like school books, beds in hospitals   And peace in our bloody time   All they get is old men grinding axes      Who've built their private fortunes   On the things they can rely   The courts, the secret handshake   The Stock Exchange and the old school tie   For God and Queen, and Country   All things they justify   Above the sound of ideologies clashing      God bless the civil service   The nations saving grace   While we expect democracy   They're laughin' in our face   And although our cries get louder   The laughter gets louder still   Above the sound of ideologies clashing      Above the sound of ideologies   Above the sound of ideologies   Above the sound of ideologies clashing