Manic Street Preachers - 30 Year War Lyrics
It's the longest running jokeIn historyTo kill the working classesIn the name of libertyThe lies of HillsboroughThe blood of OrgreaveAll the evasion at the BBCAnd 30 years of warTo darken all our classBlack propaganda, lies and mistrustSee it in our eyes, the fire dimming awayThe old-boy network won the war againThe old-boy network won the war againThe old-boy network won the war againSo you hide all Lowry's paintingsFor 30 years or more'Cos he turned down a knighthoodAnd you must now settle the scoreAnd the endless parade of old Etonian scumLine the front benches so what is to be done?All part of the same establishmentI ask you again what is to be done?I ask you again what is to be done?I ask you again what is to be done?These verses at attention standReady for the immortal commandThe armies of my pages may never fight againHappy for the order to meet eternal flameBlame the poorPraise the richMake the connectionsPut them in printKeep 'em boxed inKeep 'em kettled inCreate a mistruthSo bewilderingCreate a mistruthSo bewilderingCreate a mistruthSo bewilderingSo you hide all Lowry's paintingsFor 30 years or more'Cos he turned down a knighthoodAnd you must now settle the scoreAnd the endless parade of old Etonian scumLine the front benches so what is to be done?All part of the same establishmentI ask you again what is to be done?I ask you again what is to be done?I ask you again what is to be done?So you hide all Lowry's paintingsFor 30 years or more'Cos he turned down a knighthoodAnd you must now settle the scoreAnd the endless parade of old Etonian scumLine the front benches so what is to be done?All part of the same establishmentI ask you again what is to be done?I ask you again what is to be done?I ask you again what is to be done?
