Big A, little A, bouncing B   The system might have got you but it won't get me      1 - 2 - 3 - 4      External control are you gonna let them get you?   Do you wanna be a prisoner in the boundaries they set you?   You say you want to ba 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 get you      Hello, hello, hello, this is the Lord God, can you hear?   Hellfire and damnation's what I've got for you down there   On earth I have ambassadors, 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 that stray   We offer our forgiveness, but first we'll make you pay      External control are you gonna let them get you?   Do you wanna be a prisoner in the boundaries 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 get you      Hello, hello, hello, now here's a massage from your queen   As figurehead of the status quo I set the social scene   I'm most concerned about 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      External control are you gonna let them get you?   Do you wanna be a prisoner in the boundaries 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 get you      Introducing the Prime Sinister, she's a mother to us all   Like the dutch boy's finger in the dyke her arse is in the wall   Holding back the future waiting for the seas to part   If Moses did it with is faith, she'll do it with an army   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, defence of privilege   They've learnt the ropes In Ireland, engaged in civil war   Fighting for the ruling classes in their battle against the poor   So Ireland's 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 implement the law   He's there as a grim reminder that no matter what you do   Big brothers system's 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 just 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      Big A, little A, bouncing B   The system might have got you but it won't get me      Be exactly who you want to be, do what you want to do   I am he and she is she but you're the only you   No one else has got your eyes, can see the things you see   It's up to you to change your life and my life's up to me   The problems that you suffer from are problems that you make   The shit we have to climb through is the shit we choose to take   If you don't like the life you live, change it now it's yours   Nothing has effects if you don't recognise the cause   If the programme's not the one you want, get up, turn off the set   It's only you that can decide what life you're gonna get   If you don't like religion you can be the antichrist   If your tired of politics you can be an anarchist   But no one ever changed the church by pulling down a steeple   And you'll never change the system by bombing number ten   Systems just aren't made of bricks they're mostly made of people   You may send them into hiding, but they'll be back again   If you don't like the rules they make, refuse to play their game   If you don't want to be a number, don't give them your name   If you don't want to be caught out, refuse to hear their question   Silence is a virtue, use it for your own protection   They'll try to make you play their game, refuse to show your face   If you don't want to be beaten down, refuse to join their race   Be exactly who you want to be, do what you want to do   I am he and she is she but you're the only you