Poem

	  		
Intro A 

verse 1 
A 
Can't believe what I'm reading when I open up these sheets 
            Dbm 
They've got police getting busier, cleaning up the streets 
     F#m 
'Cos that's what we need now to make the place neat 
         D 
Take the homeless man's rags, no sleeping bags no place to sleep 

              A 
Because we're far too civilised around here to see 
   Dbm 
An unkempt human being, a broken human being 
  F#m 
Open up your eyes, are you seeing what I'm seeing, yeah 
  D 
A misplaced, made to feel disgraced human being 

         A 
Why it's not enough to just pretend that you don't see him 
    Dbm 
You can't stand the sight so you've got to disappear him 
       F#m 
Well I hope you feel more comfortable doing your sight seeing 
       E 
Taking pictures, buying fucking Union Jack magnets and key rings 

A 
 Life give me something to believe in 
Dbm 
No lies, just something to believe in 
F#m 
Am I the only one that's grieving 
      E                                                     A   
These things that belong to you and me that they are thieving 


verse 2 

And how long until they build a wall and call it a private city 
         Dbm 
They got walls made out of laws to exclude you and me 
             F#m 
And now they take away our right, to fight those laws for free 
         D  
No legal aid, no more justice, only for the wealthy 

                A 
Oh, but they're trying to build a more healthy society 
        Dbm 
So that everybody knows you don't get nothing for free 
   F#m                                            D 
No scroungers, no living room loungers living off me 

      A 
Can I suggest you're seeing exactly what they want you to see 
  Dbm 
A monster, a cancer, a threat to your liberty 
            F#m 
How about a scapegoat for their crimes, a victim of the times 
D 
Everything that your not meant to be 

            A 
How about a badly prepared, scared human being 
            Dbm 
How about a necessary cog in their economic machine 
                  F#m 
'Cos if there was no unemployment tell me how would things be 
             D              
Do you still feel lucky to be working 40 hours a week 

             A 
We're like a caged bird and they got us by the beak 
         Dbm 
Give us enough to eat, enough to sleep, enough to tweet 
            F#m 
But there's not enough space between the ground and our feet 
             E 
We're singing songs of freedom but we're not flying free 

   A  
So, life give me something to believe in 
Dbm 
No lies, just something to believe in 
F#m 
Am I the only one that's grieving 
      E                                                         A 
These things that belong to you and me that they are thieving
 

verse 3 

And this whole world's got me hurting, got me feeling undeserving 
       Dbm 
Got me questioning my worth in this sad system that we're serving 
        F#m 
Find no place in this twisted race for property 
          D 
Is making profit the sole aim of humanity 

            A      
Protect the banks, bring out the tanks if they disagree 
            Dbm 
While we're at it let's invest some more in military 
        F#m                                    D 
All our friends have shares so why shouldn't we 

            A 
And now the markets are demanding that we give away for free 
                Dbm 
Everything our grandparents fought for to some company 
            F#m                                            D 
It's called wealth creation, yeah, it's more efficient you see 

                 A 
Well sorry, I forgot the free market would set us free 
     Dbm 
I forgot to only think about (I man) and me 
      F#m 
While brothers and sisters have nothing to eat 
D 
Brothers and sisters, at home and overseas 
     A                                Dbm 
So I can't lie down and I wont let it be 
             F#m                                        D 
While we are working for a market that doesn't work for we 

Outro 
A                                                     F#m 
These things that they're thieving, they're yours and mine 
                                                        E 
You know that they're still stealing, but there's still time 
                     D 
If you feel this way too 
A                                                     F#m 
These things that they're thieving, they're yours and mine 
                                                        E 
You know that they're still stealing, but there's still time 
                     D           A 
If you feel this way too