Heartland == The The
Beneath the old iron bridges
across the victorian parks
& all the frightened people
running home before dark
Past the Saturday morning cinema
that lies crumbling to the ground
& the piss stinking shopping centre
in the new side of town
I've come to smell the seasons change
& watch the city
as the sun goes down again
CHORUS
Here comes another winter
of long shadows & high hopes
Here comes another winter
waitin for utopia
waitin for hell to freeze over
This is the land
where nothing changes
the land of red buses
& blue blooded babies
This is the place
where pensioners are raped
& the hearts are being cut
from the welfare state
Let the poor drink the milk
while the rich eat the honey
Let the bums count their blessings
while they count the money
So many people
can't express what's on their minds
Nobody knows them & nobody ever will
Until their backs are broken
& their dreams are stolen
& they can't get what they want
then they're gonna get angry!
Well it ain't written in the papers
but its written on the walls
The way this country is divided to fall
So the cranes are moving on the skyline
tying to knock down this town
But the stains on the heartland
can never be removed
from this country, that's sick
sad, and confused
CHORUS
The ammunition's being passed
and the lords been praised
But the wars on the televisions
will never be explained
All the bankers gettin sweaty
beneath their white collars
As the pound in our pocket
turns into a dollar
This is the 51st state of the U. S. A.
(Repeat and fade.)