Ever since the early days, I'm told the same old tales

That for those who practice wicked ways

Sweet justice will prevail

Keep your nose below the rules and always keep it clean

Work hard and do well at school, your life will be a dream

But lately, I've been thinking

That must have been a lie

Probably to hide the fact that real criminals wear a tie

They duck and dive and move the posts

To fit their world agendas

While we survive on tea and toast

And our eyes bleed from Eastenders

Where do we go, are we part of a show you're stagin'?

Or are there rules for you and rules for me?

I'm startin' to feel that a new deal needs arranging

Why must we pay the interest?

When you have never paid the VAT

The roads have started peeling

The news is never true

Big businesses are stealing

Does this seem fair to you?

And the governments are waging wars

For ruthless profiteers

While army adverts, born in Blythe

Tell me to face my fears

And the online fools hash tag so blessed

'Cause they've copped for two free hats

Well, we've lost our rights to protest

Go ahead and caption that

When the lads by ours go stealing cars

They're swiftly locked up behind bars

While you send missiles to the stars

You watch and drink and smoke cigars

Where do we go, are we part of a show you're stagin'?

Or are there rules for you and rules for me?

I'm startin' to feel that a new deal needs arranging

Why must we pay the interest?

When you have never paid the VAT

Where do we go, are we part of a show you're stagin'?

Or are there rules for you and rules for me?

I'm startin' to feel that a new deal needs arranging

Why must we pay the interest?

When you have never paid the VAT

Why must we pay the interest?

When you have never paid the VAT