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It was a bright cold day in April the clocks |
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were striking on thirteen when she checked the mailbox. |
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She yawned and took her place, |
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numbered and indexed and neat in the database. |
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Just looked the same as any old letter, |
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in it drop, tear the top, and a card inside. |
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They say that it'll make our lives better. |
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Nothing to fear if you've got none to hide. |
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You'll be data protected, you'll be part of the team |
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now that you're a number on the screen. |
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All securely connected to the central machine |
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now that you're a number on the screen. |
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Outside, the sky, was shiny and blue, |
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the officer stopped her and scanned all her details through. |
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She smiled because she knew |
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that he was from England because he had a nice card too. |
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The fingerprint it didn't upset her, |
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for these laws in the wars he fought and died. |
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They say that it'll make our lives better, |
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nothing to fear if you've got none to hide. |
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You'll be data protected, you'll be part of the team |
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now that you're a number on the screen. |
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All securely connected to the central machine |
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now that you're a number on the screen. |
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Your attention! |
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Our survey says our system has total public approval |
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of our use of your data for preventioneering of illegals, |
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full obliteration of dole scrounge tacticians |
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and further elucidation of preventative counter measures on the continued war on terror. |
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So there is no reason for you to worry. Things are under control. |
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It was a bright cold day in April the clocks |
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were striking on thirteen when she checked the mailbox. |
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By then it was too late to save civil liberties we don't appreciate. |
