Song | Smile |
Artist | Peter Hammill |
Album | In a Foreign Town |
Download | Image LRC TXT |
The jokes are everywhere, | |
The secret deal's complete – | |
Money talks, some good advice, | |
The politicians run like clockwork mice, | |
All fits the masterplan. | |
A database on the telephone | |
And cable sunshine floods your home – | |
So, times are good? | |
Fat cats get fatter day by day, | |
Those who sit it out will make their way, | |
So things can't be that bad. | |
Ooh, a smile has set upon this land, | |
Ooh, a selfish grin of ignorance; | |
Ooh, you simply have to play the game. | |
The joke's on us: | |
This is more and more ridiculous. | |
Everything's great, | |
Objectivity taboo; | |
Self-satisfaction pumping up | |
Minor achievements to cover up | |
All the failures and mistakes | |
And if you don't smile along | |
You're a public enemy, you don't belong... | |
The black lists are in the mail. | |
There isn't any room for doubt, | |
We'll all be equal when we share it out | |
But outsiders will get nothing. | |
Ooh, a smile has set upon this land, | |
Ooh, a rictus grin of ignorance; | |
Ooh, you simply have to play the game. | |
The joke's on us: | |
This is more and more ridiculous. |
The jokes are everywhere, | |
The secret deal' s complete | |
Money talks, some good advice, | |
The politicians run like clockwork mice, | |
All fits the masterplan. | |
A database on the telephone | |
And cable sunshine floods your home | |
So, times are good? | |
Fat cats get fatter day by day, | |
Those who sit it out will make their way, | |
So things can' t be that bad. | |
Ooh, a smile has set upon this land, | |
Ooh, a selfish grin of ignorance | |
Ooh, you simply have to play the game. | |
The joke' s on us: | |
This is more and more ridiculous. | |
Everything' s great, | |
Objectivity taboo | |
Selfsatisfaction pumping up | |
Minor achievements to cover up | |
All the failures and mistakes | |
And if you don' t smile along | |
You' re a public enemy, you don' t belong... | |
The black lists are in the mail. | |
There isn' t any room for doubt, | |
We' ll all be equal when we share it out | |
But outsiders will get nothing. | |
Ooh, a smile has set upon this land, | |
Ooh, a rictus grin of ignorance | |
Ooh, you simply have to play the game. | |
The joke' s on us: | |
This is more and more ridiculous. |
The jokes are everywhere, | |
The secret deal' s complete | |
Money talks, some good advice, | |
The politicians run like clockwork mice, | |
All fits the masterplan. | |
A database on the telephone | |
And cable sunshine floods your home | |
So, times are good? | |
Fat cats get fatter day by day, | |
Those who sit it out will make their way, | |
So things can' t be that bad. | |
Ooh, a smile has set upon this land, | |
Ooh, a selfish grin of ignorance | |
Ooh, you simply have to play the game. | |
The joke' s on us: | |
This is more and more ridiculous. | |
Everything' s great, | |
Objectivity taboo | |
Selfsatisfaction pumping up | |
Minor achievements to cover up | |
All the failures and mistakes | |
And if you don' t smile along | |
You' re a public enemy, you don' t belong... | |
The black lists are in the mail. | |
There isn' t any room for doubt, | |
We' ll all be equal when we share it out | |
But outsiders will get nothing. | |
Ooh, a smile has set upon this land, | |
Ooh, a rictus grin of ignorance | |
Ooh, you simply have to play the game. | |
The joke' s on us: | |
This is more and more ridiculous. |