Warning lights are flashing down at quality control
somebody threw a spanner and they threw him in the hole
thereand's rumors in the loading bay and anger in the town
somebody blew the whistle and the walls came down
thereand's a meeting in the boardroom theyand're trying to trace the smell
thereand's leaking in the washroom thereand's a sneak in personnel
somewhere in the corridors someone was heard to sneeze
and'goodness me could this be industrial disease?
the caretaker was crucified for sleeping at his post
theyand're refusing to be pacified itand's him they blame the most
the watchdogand's got rabies the foremanand's got fleas
and everyoneand's concerned about industrial disease
thereand's panic on the switchboard tongues are ties in knots
some come out in sympathy some come out in spots
some blame the management some the employees
and everybody knows itand's the industrial disease
the work force is disgusted downs tools and walks
innocence is injured experience just talks
everyone seeks damages and everyone agrees
that these are and'classic symptoms of a monetary squeezeand'
on itv and bbc they talk about the curse
philosophy is useless theology is worse
history boils over thereand's an economics freeze
sociologists invent words that mean and'industrial diseaseand'
doctor parkinson declared and'iand'm not surprised to see you here
youand've got smokers cough from smoking, brewerand's droop from drinking beer
i donand't know how you came to get the betty davis knees
but worst of all young man youand've got industrial diseaseand'
he wrote me a prescription he said and'you are depressed
but iand'm glad you came to see me to get this off your chest
come back and see me later - next patient please
send in another victim of industrial diseaseand'
i go down to speakerand's corner iand'm thunderstruck
they got free speech, tourists, police in trucks
two men say theyand're jesus one of them must be wrong
thereand's a protest singer singing a protest song - he says
and'they wanna have a war to keep us on our knees
they wanna have a war to keep their factories
they wanna have a war to stop us buying japanese
they wanna have a war to stop industrial disease
theyand're pointing out the enemy to keep you deaf and blind
they wanna sap your energy incarcerate your mind
they give you rule brittania, gassy beer, page three
two weeks in espana and sunday stripteaseand'
meanwhile the first jesus says and'iand'd cure it soon
abolish monday mornings and friday afternoonsand'
the other oneand's on a hunger strike heand's dying by degrees
how come jesus gets industrial disease
