Blame it on me and call me unreliable
The country’s deep in debt and who else is to blame?
The evidence of my collusion seems to be deniable;
Multi-national interests play the banking game.
Let’s talk about debt.
You know the cash we need to borrow to pay off for stuff we’ve bought.
Straightforward and yet
We’ve got it all in such a muddle that a puddle becomes a lake
Then an ocean of sweat.
So the banker sells the debt on, like it really is a thing.
When everybody knows it’s all a scam.
Like a pass-the-parcel nobody would ever want to win.
Sell it on, breathe again. Then you scram And then you ….

Let’s talk about home.
Supposed to be safe as a castle. It’s modest, but it’s your own.
The family grows.
You proudly watch as they grow older and before you know what’s happening This is what goes -
The place you’ve lived for forty years, you’re told is under-occupied.
You pay the tax or move, but there is nowhere to go.
The government has stitched you up and you know they mock you by
mishandling the shortfall.
Frankly no one wants to know and so you ….

Let’s talk about waste.
You know, the stuff that proves we’ve been here and that we don’t want to see.
Just flush it away
Or you bury it or burn it and the residue will turn up on your doorstep one day.
Money changes hands to make the most of our excess.
Profit for the greedy from our profligacy.
You’ll never see the fires burn in the gardens of the rich.
You're the one whose lungs are trashed.
Ain’t life a bitch. So go on …

Let’s talk about tax.
You know the share that you and I give to the man to keep things smooth.
Let’s look at the facts -
You and me, we’re simply too small to set up in offshore havens
Look at the list of names in the polling booth.
Were we international would pay our share?
We’d register head office in a place where no one goes.
Amazon and Google, Starbucks and all the others
Tell us it’s all legal.
Meanwhile everybody knows you’re gonna …

Let’s talk about health
When you’re feeling good it’s groovy. You’re the king of all you see
Apportioning wealth - it’s a game but when you need help
You become a punter in a postcode lottery.
The NHS once shone like jewels in Britain’s post-war crown
On principle health treatment came for free
But now it’s nearly all sold off, you’d better not come down
With something you can’t treat yourself because you’ll soon see how they …

Blame it on me and call me unreliable
The country’s deep in debt and who else is to blame?
The evidence of my collusion seems to be deniable;

Multi-national interests play the banking game.

(Music and lyrics by Marshlander - all rights reserved)