30-Year War-Manic Street Preachers

[00:40.38]It's the longest running joke in history [00:43.92]To kill the working classes [00:45.44]In the name of liberty [00:47.68]The lies of Hillsborough [00:49.20]The blood of Orgreave [00:51.20]All the evasion at the BBC [00:54.65]And 30 years of war [00:56.16]To darken all our class [00:58.31]Black propaganda [00:59.85]Lies and mistrust [01:01.78]See it in our eyes [01:03.21]The fire dimming away [01:05.07]The old-boy network won the war again [01:08.75]The old-boy network won the war again [01:12.06]The old-boy network won the war again [01:22.56]So you hide all Lowry's paintings [01:26.70]For 30 years or more [01:30.40]'Cos he turned down a knighthood [01:33.08]And you must now settle the score [01:36.72]And the endless parade of old Etonian scum [01:40.60]Line the front benches so what is to be done? [01:44.63]All part of the same establishment [01:47.24]I ask you again, "What Is To Be Done?" [01:50.90]I ask you again, "What Is To Be Done?" [01:54.45]I ask you again, "What Is To Be Done?" [02:05.48]These verses at attention stand [02:08.71]Ready for the immortal command [02:12.31]The armies of my pages may never fight again [02:15.89]Happy for the order to meet eternal flame [02:19.46]Blame the poor [02:21.22]Praise the rich [02:22.95]Make the connections [02:24.58]Put them in print [02:26.43]Keep 'em boxed in [02:28.10]Keep 'em kettled in [02:29.97]Create a mistruth [02:31.47]So bewildering [02:33.50]Create a mistruth [02:34.98]So bewildering [02:37.01]Create a mistruth [02:38.40]So bewildering [02:47.27]So you hide all Lowry's paintings [02:51.41]For 30 years or more [02:55.06]'Cos he turned down a knighthood [02:57.86]And you must now settle the score [03:01.37]And the endless parade of old Etonian scum [03:05.47]Line the front benches so what is to be done? [03:09.46]All part of the same establishment [03:12.08]I ask you again, "What Is To Be Done?" [03:15.68]I ask you again, "What Is To Be Done?" [03:19.44]I ask you again, "What Is To Be Done?" [03:57.97]So you hide all Lowry's paintings [04:02.17]For 30 years or more [04:05.85]'Cos he turned down a knighthood [04:08.47]And you must now settle the score [04:11.96]And the endless parade of old Etonian scum [04:15.75]Line the front benches so what is to be done? [04:20.04]All part of the same establishment [04:22.64]I ask you again what is to be done? [04:26.37]I ask you again what is to be done? [04:29.87]I ask you again what is to be done?