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The Old School Tie
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Peter Hammill
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Oh the bright young man in the tight-buttoned suit
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The light beams out from capped smiles to the shines
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On their lick-spittle books
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Oh these sharp young sparks with their fresh rosettes
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Yeh, the artful ways that they promise the earth
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To all suffragettes -
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What they won't promise we don't know yet.
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They say they're build - and shaping society
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But we know they're just saving for their own
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Safe home in politics
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Anything goes: look at them run.
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Come from every side, noses Pinocchio clean;
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Lock in synchromesh, oil the wheels and the gears
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Of the party machine.
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And the final goal is a cabinet seat...
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In the trappings of power, the presumption to speak
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For the man in the street.
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Once they move in, they're in for good;
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Yeh, once they get that bed made it's a
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Safe home in politics.
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Jobs for the boys: look at them run.
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There's just one thing none of us should forget:
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A political man is just in it for the power
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And the smell of sucess.
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Sure, some start out as idealists -
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Pretty soon they all cop for ideal careers and
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A safe home in politics,
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A cusky job in politics;
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Look at them run.
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The politicians fight it out on the couning tower
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But they all agree not to rock the boat.
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A safe home in politics
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It's built on your vote
Peter Hammill - Live in the studio 1974 ...
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