Song Of The Government Minister Who Enjoys His Wor Chumbawamba

Song Of The Government Minister Who Enjoys His Work Test the water feel the ground Send the tax collectors round Fill the coffers pound by pound A surer way to keep in line The rabble who spend

Shock! Horror! Chumbawamba

with the Daily Mirror 'The Facts Not The Fiction' boasts The Star The fact is that attacks on Asians and Blacks By people who read this racist crap Are higher than ever before --But you won't find

Homophobia Chumbawamba

Homophobia Ta, a song about how brilliant and how powerful deviant sexuality is Up behind the bus stop in the toilets of the street There are traces of a killing on the floor beneath your feet

Song Of The Times Chumbawamba

Song Of The Times You working men of England one moment now attend While I unfold the treatment of the poor upon this land For nowadays the factory lords are brought the labor low And daily are

Stitch That! Chumbawamba

: the lyrics are partly nicked from a traditional song reinterpreted by martin carthy on an album i forget the name of - it's a lovely song. the reason it's on shhh in particular is because we were adamant

Kinnochio Chumbawamba

Then I'll begin The Story Of Kinnochio The man who ran the other party pondered the size of his nose A man who pleaded for leadership and groveled more than most He scabbed and he lied and he nodded

Morality Play In Three Acts Chumbawamba

Morality Play In Three Acts Act one, the smell of green leather, French polish, quite pristine, not a hair out of place, not a wrinkle, not a crease, the silverware all clean.

Idris Strike Song Chumbawamba

Idris Strike Song Have you been to work at Idris? No we won't go in today!

Declaring Peace Chumbawamba

Declaring Peace Whisper the words of wisdom no more Speak the words of wisdom no more Shout the words of wisdom no more The governments of the world agree That people need bombs and banks and

Adversity Chumbawamba

Adversity Thirty years of the same old shit Of music, money, hit after hit Smiles, lies, sales, walls That's thirty years of rock and roll They changed it's name once or twice Get rebellious

Reuters (Wire, 1977) Chumbawamba

Reuters (Wire, 1977) Our own correspondent is sorry to tell of an uneasy time, that all is not well. On the borders there's movement.

The Birmingham Six Chumbawamba

Soon after, poor Billy surrendered, screamed, "I'll tell you anything you want me to say" Sat in his own excretia, he could hardly speak he remained in a daze Whilst cops compiled his statement of how

The Triumph Of General Ludd Chumbawamba

The Triumph Of General Ludd No more chant your old rhymes about old Robin Hood His feats I do little admire I'll sing the achievements of General Ludd Now the hero of Nottingham Shire Those engines

Man Papers His Crack Chumbawamba

Man Papers His Crack Hey Manfred, what you doing back there? Come on, come unclean, man!

The Big Issue Chumbawamba

There are those Spend the night Under bridges Over by the river Down in the park Through the winter But there's a house That i know Safe and warm And no-one ever goes there Down where the

Homophobia Acapella (Live) Chumbawamba

Homophobia Acapella (Live) Up behind the bus stop in the toilets of the street There are traces of a killing on the floor beneath your feet Mixed in with the piss and beer are bloodstains on the

Homophobia (Sisters Mix) Chumbawamba

Homophobia (Sisters Mix) Up behind the bus stop in the toilets of the street There are traces of a killing on the floor beneath your feet Mixed in with the piss and beer are bloodstains on the floor

Universal Soldier Chumbawamba

Universal Soldier (Buffy Sainte-Marie, 1966) He's five feet two and he's six feet four He fights with missiles and with spears He's all of thirty-one and he's always seventeen He's been a soldier

Mad Max Chumbawamba

Mad Max Dipping into his Filofax He wonders who he can buy next "C'mon, Play the game the Maxwell way And you'll never lose, come what may" There'll be the Maxwell League And the Maxwell Cup

A Morality Play Chumbawamba

strengthen the case against them.

Just A Form Of Music Chumbawamba

You know, most of you are at the point in life when you're making the decisions that are going to determine your philosophy and your attitude toward life.

Younger Moralists Chumbawamba

Younger Moralists Here in the comfort of a favorite chair Or smugly from the tap room at the Whitehorse I can prove mathematically Just when and when not to take up arms When to fight and when

Why Are We Still In Ireland? Chumbawamba

to close our minds To be so afraid of stepping over the line To bury our heads in the sands of time To champion those who take our everything And pretend that none of this is happening To turn away

A Fairy Tale (Real No-Shit) Chumbawamba

Two - Guess who? Manfred The Great The great king bashed down his goblet on the oaken table as kings do when they want more wine. Everyone was silent.

The ABCs of Anarchism Chumbawamba

ABCs of anarchism ABC If ever the free institutions of America are destroyed, that event may be attributed to the unlimited authority of the majority, and oblige them to have recourse to physical force

Memories of Shilts Chumbawamba

Memories of Shilts England's goalkeeper since Gordon Banks Consistent, reliable, a safe pair of hands But despite all his saves and all his acrobatics I can't help recalling something more dramatic

Colliers March Chumbawamba

Colliers March The summer was over the season unkind In harvest a snow, how uncommon to find The times were oppressive and well it be known That hunger will stronger [?]

Commercial Break Chumbawamba

Commercial Break I'm the wife of the boss of the company And I always make my husband answer to me With what he says about the blacks, I totally agree The main problem is, they're not civilized

Thorn-EMI Lighting Chumbawamba

Thorn-EMI Lighting Raw materials are running out, there'll be no more tungsten to put in light bulbs Because the light bulb companies used it up, making light bulbs which run out Instead of making

House Plants Chumbawamba

House Plants But it's shit we don't see it though we watch it on the telly Every day We give our heroes license to kill in reality Just like on TV And we wish we were in his shoes 'cos he gets

Song For Len Shakleton Chumbawamba

I'm not the kind of man Who'd live a quieter life Just for a minute's silence One, two, three, four Some say it all without a word Silence can be mightier than the sword They took the two

Song For Len Shackleton Chumbawamba

I'm not the kind of man Who'd live a quieter life Just for a minute's silence One, two, three, four Some say it all without a word Silence can be mightier than the sword They took the two three five They

Ashes to Ashes Chumbawamba

Ashes to Ashes The bowler's running in, the batsman lights a fag He keeps a packet handy and it's lodged inside his pad Because it's written in his contract that after every over He has to have

Tubby Barlow Chumbawamba

in Tubby's consumed by the urge to win Four are greased lightning, one is lard But Tubby's determined not to be left behind Ten years of being pushed around flash before his eyes Alone in the schoolyard

The Rise and Fall and Rise of Greavsie Chumbawamba

The Rise and Fall and Rise of Greavsie "So, Greavsie, well, what about the black lads gettin' bananas thrown at em?"

Irish Joke Chumbawamba

Irish Joke 'Have you heard the one about the Irishman?'

Harry Goldthorpe Chumbawamba

Harry Goldthorpe Bradford bad lad He's ripping up the room at the top Tubthumping have-not Never kept his gob shut Taking on the pal's batallion Who shove us to the bottom Give us nowt but trouble

Leader, The The Clash

The molehill sets the wheel in motion His downfall picks up locomotion The people must have something good to read on a Sunday The leader's wife takes a government car In the dark to meet her minister

Benefits of the Game Chumbawamba

Benefits of the Game Whilst Robson plays his Sharp CD And Beardsley paints his lounge "hint of green" And the big clubs dream of a Superleague Of Keegan's "reasonable" three thousand a week But

The Diggers Song Chumbawamba

The Diggers Song You noble diggers all stand up now, stand up now You noble diggers all stand up now The wasteland to maintain sin (?)

Slag Aid Chumbawamba

life Thank the Lord that you were born white And thank MTV for this wonderful opportunity To peddle your hypocrisy David Bowie, the price is right With a suitful of compassion and a gobful of shite

The Tree Of Knowledge Chumbawamba

The Tree Of Knowledge The tree of knowledge has been cut down Torn from the ground, made into defenses and paper money His own roots man severs Mother Earth dismembered Distanced from her, he

Stagnation Chumbawamba

Stagnation Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing

Oxymoron Chumbawamba

Oxymoron Shiny button-down clown suit Oxymoron (Repeat) Fucked up the simplest of chores Mister constant consternation And his declaration of war Makes a fist out of demands With his plasticene

Mr. Heseltine Meets His Public Chumbawamba

Heseltine Meets His Public Mr.

We Don't Go To God's House Anymore Chumbawamba

Driving on the bypass to Damascus I saw a preacher trying to hitch a ride With a pair of broken wings And a suitcase full of sins He gathered up his dreams and jumped inside Pulling Malatesta from his

Nadzeroon El Babo Chumbawamba

Nadzeroon El Babo Chap. de Terre... make the fighting... six...

Song Of The Mother In Debt Chumbawamba

Song Of The Mother In Debt I'm always waiting I'm sick of waiting For the day my luck will change I've spent enough time In queues and bread lines In hope of better days These thieves and scroungers

Timebomb (Jimmy Echo Vocal) Chumbawamba

(Chorus 2) I am a timebomb A ticking ticking ticking timebomb I am a timebomb A ticking ticking ticking timebomb Unattended at the railway station In the litter at the dancehall Sitting pretty near

Timebomb Chumbawamba

(Chorus 2) I am a timebomb A ticking ticking ticking timebomb I am a timebomb A ticking ticking ticking timebomb Unattended at the railway station In the litter at the dancehall Sitting pretty near the