It's no good praying to the powers that be   'Cause they won't shake the roots of the money tree   No good praying to the pristine alters   Waiting for the blessing with Holy water   They like the same old wealth in the same old hands   Means the same old people stay old people stay in command   Watch your money-go-round; watch your money-go-round   They got it wrapped up tight, they got it safe and sound   Watch your money-go-round; watch your money-go-round   As you fall from grace and hit the ground      Too much money in too few places   Only puts a smile on particular faces   Said too much power in not enough hands   Makes me think "get rich quick; take all I can"   They're too busy spending on the means of destruction   To ever spend a penny on some real construction      Watch the money-go-round; watch the money-go-round   They amuse themselves as they fool around   Watch your money-go-round; watch your money-go-round   Do like they say, make them vulnerable      No good looking to the Empire corners,   "Civilization" built on slaughter   Carrying hopes and carrying maps   The spinless ones fall in their laps   The brave and the bold are the ones to be fooled   With a diet of lies by the Kipling school      Watch your money-go-round; watch your money-go-round   But I just can't help being cynical   Watch your money-go-round; watch your money-go-round   Do like I say, make me wonderful      Their morals are clean and their clear   They bend your arm and they bend your ear   Said they bend your mind as you talk in circles   Bend over forwards, this won't hurt you   Till there's blood in your lap; blood on your hands   Watch the money-go-round; watch the money-go-round   Come spend a penny, go out with a pound   Watch the money-go-round; watch the money-go-round   As you fall from grace and hit the ground      (On the money-go-round, you wanna get on but it won't slow down)      The need your votes and you know where to send 'em   Be we don't get the choice of a public referendum   On all the real issues that affect our lives   Like the USA base to which we play midwife   Take a cruise and forget this scene   Said come back later when the slates wiped clean      Watch your money-go-round; watch your money-go-round   Born of woman, killed by man   Watch the money-go-round; watch your money-go-round   Do like they pray, make it wonderful      The good and righteous sing their hymns   The crimpoline dresses who have no sins   Christians by day, killers in war   The hypocrites who know what they're fighting for   Killing for peace, freedom and truth   But they're too old to go so they send the youth      Watch the money-go-round, watch the money-go-round   I don't think he was an astronaut   Watch the money-go-round, watch the money-go-round   I must insist - he was a Socialist!      Watch your money-go-round; watch your money-go-round   They got it wrapped up tight, they got it safe and sound   Watch your money-go-round; watch your money-go-round   As you fall from grace and hit the ground