| Song | Hemlock |
| Artist | Peter Hammill |
| Album | In a Foreign Town |
| Download | Image LRC TXT |
| Here it comes up on the screen, | |
| the propaganda of the military-industrial machine. | |
| By now we find there's little choice: | |
| when our masters tell us "smile" we rejoice. | |
| With the nuclear shield safely in place | |
| we're assured of the survival of the human race. | |
| The earth is flat and pigs can fly – | |
| swallow hard and believe the lies. | |
| In these alleys all are blind: | |
| skittles fall for the dreams of humankind. | |
| And nuclear power is safe as hell – | |
| Swallow hard, young William Tell. | |
| The earth is flat and pigs can fly – | |
| If you swallow hard you believe the lies. | |
| In the banks the deals are made – | |
| of course there's no profit in lending the Third World aid. | |
| If the larder shelves are bare let the people eat cake | |
| and thank the governments for the air. | |
| Meanwhile, in the cells, secret police | |
| champion freedom, offer justice, keep the peace. | |
| The Pope talks to God, the Ayatollah too – | |
| swallow hard and believe it true. | |
| The earth is flat and pigs can fly – | |
| if you swallow hard you'll believe the lies. | |
| It's a hemlock world. | |
| It's a hemlock world that we must drink – | |
| swallow hard and don't try to think. | |
| It's a hemlock world that we all face – | |
| swallow hard on the bitter taste, | |
| swallow hard on the bitter taste, | |
| swallow hard on the aftertaste. | |
| It's a hemlock, it's a hemlock world. |
| Here it comes up on the screen, | |
| the propaganda of the militaryindustrial machine. | |
| By now we find there' s little choice: | |
| when our masters tell us " smile" we rejoice. | |
| With the nuclear shield safely in place | |
| we' re assured of the survival of the human race. | |
| The earth is flat and pigs can fly | |
| swallow hard and believe the lies. | |
| In these alleys all are blind: | |
| skittles fall for the dreams of humankind. | |
| And nuclear power is safe as hell | |
| Swallow hard, young William Tell. | |
| The earth is flat and pigs can fly | |
| If you swallow hard you believe the lies. | |
| In the banks the deals are made | |
| of course there' s no profit in lending the Third World aid. | |
| If the larder shelves are bare let the people eat cake | |
| and thank the governments for the air. | |
| Meanwhile, in the cells, secret police | |
| champion freedom, offer justice, keep the peace. | |
| The Pope talks to God, the Ayatollah too | |
| swallow hard and believe it true. | |
| The earth is flat and pigs can fly | |
| if you swallow hard you' ll believe the lies. | |
| It' s a hemlock world. | |
| It' s a hemlock world that we must drink | |
| swallow hard and don' t try to think. | |
| It' s a hemlock world that we all face | |
| swallow hard on the bitter taste, | |
| swallow hard on the bitter taste, | |
| swallow hard on the aftertaste. | |
| It' s a hemlock, it' s a hemlock world. |
| Here it comes up on the screen, | |
| the propaganda of the militaryindustrial machine. | |
| By now we find there' s little choice: | |
| when our masters tell us " smile" we rejoice. | |
| With the nuclear shield safely in place | |
| we' re assured of the survival of the human race. | |
| The earth is flat and pigs can fly | |
| swallow hard and believe the lies. | |
| In these alleys all are blind: | |
| skittles fall for the dreams of humankind. | |
| And nuclear power is safe as hell | |
| Swallow hard, young William Tell. | |
| The earth is flat and pigs can fly | |
| If you swallow hard you believe the lies. | |
| In the banks the deals are made | |
| of course there' s no profit in lending the Third World aid. | |
| If the larder shelves are bare let the people eat cake | |
| and thank the governments for the air. | |
| Meanwhile, in the cells, secret police | |
| champion freedom, offer justice, keep the peace. | |
| The Pope talks to God, the Ayatollah too | |
| swallow hard and believe it true. | |
| The earth is flat and pigs can fly | |
| if you swallow hard you' ll believe the lies. | |
| It' s a hemlock world. | |
| It' s a hemlock world that we must drink | |
| swallow hard and don' t try to think. | |
| It' s a hemlock world that we all face | |
| swallow hard on the bitter taste, | |
| swallow hard on the bitter taste, | |
| swallow hard on the aftertaste. | |
| It' s a hemlock, it' s a hemlock world. |