I blame the government\\
For making me this way\\
Bitter and twisted and crap\\
Bored psychopathic\\
At the end of the day\\
I blame the government for that\\
Poor education, death on the roads\\
The writing that’s not on the wall\\
The war in The Balkans\\
The war in The Falklands\\
It’s not like The Waltons at all\\
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I’m the judge and the jury\\
Prosecution and defence\\
I’m the wife, the friend\\
The twelve angry men\\
And I blame them\\
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For the child that’s abandoned\\
The decline in standards\\
Cruelty to animals and yes,\\
There’s no enjoyment\\
In mass unemployment\\
Ulcers,starvation and death\\
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Under achievers\\
Taken by the receivers\\
The school leavers left on the shelf\\
Robbery with violence\\
With torture and silence\\
Small print, the pop charts\\
And everything else\\
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I’m the judge and the jury\\
Prosecution and defence\\
I’m the wife, the friend\\
The twelve angry men\\
And I blame them\\
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If I had the wings of a sparrow\\
If I had the arse of a crow\\
I’d fly over Whitehall tomorrow\\
And   *  *  *  * on the bastards below\\
It’s ugly and crude and I’m sorry\\
I just want you to leave me alone\\
You’re selling us all down The Swannee\\
I’m tired and I want to go home\\
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As we disappear into the distance\\
The sinking ship leaving the rats\\
For making me bitter and twisted\\
I blame the government for that\\