Big a, little a, bouncing b
the system might have got you but it wonand't get me
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External control are you gonna let them get you?
do you wanna be a prisoner in the boundaries they set you?
you say you want to ba yourself, by christ do you think theyand'll let you?
theyand're out to get you get you get you get you get you get you get you
Hello, hello, hello, this is the lord god, can you hear?
hellfire and damnationand's what iand've got for you down there
on earth i have ambassadors, archbishop, vicar, pope
weand'll blind you with morality, youand'd best abandon any hope,
weand're telling you youand'd better pray cos you were born in sin
right from the start weand'll build a cell and then weand'll lock you in
we sit in holy judgement condemning those that stray
we offer our forgiveness, but first weand'll make you pay
External control are you gonna let them get you?
do you wanna be a prisoner in the boundaries they set you?
you say you want to be yourself, by christ do you think theyand'll let you?
theyand're out to get you get you get you get you get you get you get you
Hello, hello, hello, now hereand's a massage from your queen
as figurehead of the status quo i set the social scene
iand'm most concerned about my people, i want to give them peace
so iand'm making sure they stay in line with my army and police
my prisons and my mental homes have ever open doors
for those amongst my subjects who dare to ask for more
unruliness and disrespect are things i canand't allow
so iand'll see the peasants grovel if they refuse to bow
External control are you gonna let them get you?
do you wanna be a prisoner in the boundaries they set you?
you say you want to be yourself, by christ do you think theyand'll let you?
theyand're out to get you get you get you get you get you get you get you
Introducing the prime sinister, sheand's a mother to us all
like the dutch boyand's finger in the dyke her arse is in the wall
holding back the future waiting for the seas to part
if moses did it with is faith, sheand'll do it with an army
who at times of threatened crisis are certain to be there
guarding national heritage no matter what or where
palaces for kings and queens, mansions for the rich
protection for the wealthy, defence of privilege
theyand've learnt the ropes in ireland, engaged in civil war
fighting for the ruling classes in their battle against the poor
so irelandand's just an island? itand's an island of the mind
great britain? future? bollocks, youand'd better look behind
round every other corner stands p.c. 1984
guardian of the future, heand'll implement the law
heand's there as a grim reminder that no matter what you do
big brothers systemand's always there with his beady eyes on you
from god to local bobby, in home and street and school
theyand've got your name and number while youand've just got their rule
weand've got to look for methods to undermine those powers
itand's time to change the tables. the future must be ours
Big a, little a, bouncing b
the system might have got you but it wonand't get me
Be exactly who you want to be, do what you want to do
i am he and she is she but youand're the only you
no one else has got your eyes, can see the things you see
itand's up to you to change your life and my lifeand's up to me
the problems that you suffer from are problems that you make
the shit we have to climb through is the shit we choose to take
if you donand't like the life you live, change it now itand's yours
nothing has effects if you donand't recognise the cause
if the programmeand's not the one you want, get up, turn off the set
itand's only you that can decide what life youand're gonna get
if you donand't like religion you can be the antichrist
if your tired of politics you can be an anarchist
but no one ever changed the church by pulling down a steeple
and youand'll never change the system by bombing number ten
systems just arenand't made of bricks theyand're mostly made of people
you may send them into hiding, but theyand'll be back again
if you donand't like the rules they make, refuse to play their game
if you donand't want to be a number, donand't give them your name
if you donand't want to be caught out, refuse to hear their question
silence is a virtue, use it for your own protection
theyand'll try to make you play their game, refuse to show your face
if you donand't want to be beaten down, refuse to join their race
be exactly who you want to be, do what you want to do
i am he and she is she but youand're they only you
