Dead dreams, dead dreams fly flags Flapping in the breeze, wave your colored rags Hard times, were they ever any better Maybe never ever The slogan will take you like lemmings to the cliff You'll feel better than ever, and into the abyss Ha! Ha! Haha! Hard times were they ever any better Every crack every crevice will be sanitised There'll be no more war there'll be no more choice And those behind you - Should go live elsewhere Spies everywhere - You put the poison in the air Hard times, were they ever any better Maybe never ever The words cry for help - But the music says, no Every sentence a siege of national pride Hard times, were they ever any better, maybe And I - I won't answer the call I don't like khaki, I won't wear your uniform. There'll be no more war, there'll be no more choice There'll be no more war, there'll be no more choice Hard times were they ever any better.