Industrial Disease

Warning lights are flashing down at quality control

Somebody threw a spanner and they threw him in the hole

Theres rumours in the loading bay and anger in the town

Somebody blew the whistle and the walls came down

Theres a meeting in the boardroom theyre trying to trace the smell

Theres leaking in the washroom theres a sneak in personnel

Somewhere in the corridors someone was heard to sneeze

goodness me could it be industrial disease?

The caretaker was crucified for sleeping at his post

Theyre refusing to be pacified its him they blame the most

The watchdogs got rabies the foremans got the fleas

And everyones concerned about industrial disease

Theres panic on the switchboard tongues are ties in knots

Some come out in sympathy some come out in spots

Some blame the management some the employees

And everybody knows its the industrial disease

The work force is disgusted downs tools and walks

Innocence is injured experience just talks

Everyone seeks damages and everyone agrees

That these are classic symptoms of a monetary squeeze

On itv and bbc they talk about the curse

Philosophy is useless theology is worse

History boils over theres an economics freeze

Sociologists invent words that mean industrial disease

Doctor parkinson declared im not surprised to see you here

Youve got smokers cough from smoking brewers droop from

drinking beer

I dont know how you came to get the bette davis knees

But worst of all young man youve got industrial disease

He wrote me a prescription he said you are depressed

But Im glad you came to see me to get this off your chest

Come back and see me later - next patient please

Send in another victim of industrial disease

I go down to speakers corner Im thunderstruck

They got free speech, tourists, police in trucks

Two men say theyre jesus one of them must be wrong

Theres a protest singer singing a protest song - he says

they wanna have a war so they can keep us on our knees

They wanna have a war so they can keep their factories

They wanna have a war to stop us buying japanese

They wanna have a war to stop industrial disease

Theyre pointing out the enemy to keep you deaf and blind

They wanna sap you energy incarcerate your mind

They give you rule brittania, gassy beer, page three

Two weeks in espana and sunday striptease

Meanwhile the first jesus says id cure it soon

Abolish monday mornings and friday afternoons

The other ones out on hunger strike hes dying by degrees

How come jesus gets industrial disease