To Be Free

[00:17.06] The gilt-edged invitation came
[00:18.88] And I said "What can this mean?
[00:19.87] To attend the coronation
[00:22.52] As the first guest of the Queen
[00:24.32] And sit upon her right hand
[00:26.17] Where the Prince is normally seen?"
[00:28.86] The maids of honour stared at me
[00:30.64] And registered surprise
[00:32.46] To see a man of such good taste
[00:34.21] Appear before their eyes
[00:36.07] Now bring rather humble
[00:38.78] I adopted a disguise
[00:40.56] As the Minister of State
[00:41.45] For Mass Environment Controls
[00:44.13] Who condemn the working classes
[00:45.94] For inhabiting the holes
[00:47.70] That belong to Queen and Country
[00:49.58] But do not permit their souls
[00:51.34] To be free like me.
[01:08.59] The perspex chandelier
[01:09.43] Began to melt and slip away
[01:12.18] One million candle-powered
[01:13.91] It kept the night at bay
[01:15.77] While the power station workers
[01:17.55] Were busy making hay
[01:20.26] The workers in the fields
[01:21.12] Were engaged in self-defence
[01:23.85] Which involved the use of barbed wire
[01:25.63] As a self-containing fence
[01:27.42] But as a means of self-protection
[01:29.24] It was needlessly immense
[01:31.90] I stopped to ask them for a light
[01:33.70] They pointed at the sun
[01:35.51] Which raised their hopes of harvesting
[01:37.32] A better crop than guns
[01:39.13] Can ever mass produce
[01:40.99] At the expense of anyone
[01:42.78] Who is free like me.
[03:02.17] The solitary peasant
[03:03.05] In his home above the lake
[03:04.80] Raised high on wooden stilts
[03:06.63] Has made the singular mistake
[03:08.44] Of revolutionary conduct
[03:10.26] At the celebration wake
[03:12.99] His urban counterpart
[03:13.88] Engaged in mundane occupation
[03:16.50] Enjoys the chance of laughing
[03:18.39] At the Queen's humiliation
[03:20.16] At the hands of Ministers of State
[03:21.94] For Rehabilitation
[03:23.79] Now the power station worker
[03:25.59] Though his aim is too disjointed
[03:28.23] Finds himself around the corner
[03:29.10] While his gun is never pointed
[03:31.86] He is ever at the ready
[03:33.69] He desires to be annointed
[03:35.57] And be free like me.
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