Chancery Lane

Through the city of london tonight

There's rich men bloated on the carcase of life

If money talks then they're the translators

Laws are twisted by these legislators

Hailing cabs from the courts of justice

Pulses racing with dreams of avarice

Tasting the fruits of a privileged position

Take the cash, smash the opposition

And everybody is picking up the bill

And everybody, watching them steal, watching them steal

From the strand through chancery lane

Streets of splendour, but oh what shame

Canary wharf overlooking it all

Like gaudy candles on this cake of sprawl

In this game there's still all to play for

Though the chips may be stacked in their favour

So every march every seditious journal

Is a finger in the ribs that resistance is fertile

Cos everybody is picking up the bill

Everybody, watching them steal, watching them steal

There's always those with uses

For civil rights abuses

And jargon for excuses -

Journalese, legalese, gagging fees

Court order served, the server taken down for proof

Suspicion of harbouring the truth

Court order served, you must not ride here anymore

It's just like 1984

The state handed over to private interest

That drives the agenda, from motorist to militarist

And everybody is picking up their bill

And everybody, watching them steal, watching them steal

There's always those with uses

For civil rights abuses

And jargon for excuses -

Journalese, legalese, gagging fees

There's always those with uses

For civil rights abuses

And when they've worn out their excuses:

Turn away, turn away, turn away