eat, drink and be merry   for tomorrow we did   eat electricity   drink five of the seven seas   here is a paralyzed sleet   here is a bubble bath rain   acrid stench and festering tongue   new york, moscow, nairobi in flames      i don't know either, what is the answer?   we were told to expect more   and now that we've got more   we want more, we want more      we have moved from a to x   this welfare state is our progress   the size of it all carries us all along   more equals better, it's what we want   our energy is endless it seems   it's there when we need it   we've got men on the job      we finance clinics to research   a cure for cancer, our least vague fear   a new kind of water   a new way of breathing   always somehow a wonder cure all   turns up when we need it   we've got men on the job      you know from experience   the creature comforts, a house that's warm   your body would choose all this   of course! it's innate we're selfish   but what if there's not enough to go round?   defence is needed   we've got some odd men in odd jobs      we have moved from a to z   this nuclear state is our demise   fly away peter, hide away paul   who can watch as the earth burns, shatters and dies?   failsafe, foolproof, we've heard that before   good sense is needed   let's hope we've got men on the job