Friends on benefits
I've got friends on benefits
But they're hidden away from view
In case it shows that our system's
Catastrophic too
They earn your disdain
By staying in bed
And loafing around
for their daily bread
I've got friends on benefits
Who would love a living wage
Preparing them for poverty
At a pensionable age
They won't fight your wars
They won't sweep your streets
They're someone to blame
When history repeats
You can sacrifice your sanity
And escape the daily grind
For a pocket full of nightmares
And a welfare state of mind
INST
I've got friends on benefits
you wouldn't like to meet
You label them degenerates
and keep them off the street
I've got friends on benefits
You wouldn't care to know
You label them degenerates
And go on with the show
I've got friends on benefits
it's never going to stop
Unless there are less degenerates
Generating hatred from the top
I have a tune that I think is ok..so I managed to shoehorn these lyrics to fit.
There's a guy I know who's never had a proper job...he's a good lad, though.He's 47 now.
He's welcome to my taxes...at least he's not squandering it on bombs and surveillance and shit