Whatever happened to childhood?
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We're all scared of the kids in our neighboorhood;
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They're not small, charming and harmless,
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They're a violent bunch of bastard little shits.
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And anyone who looks younger than me
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Makes me check for my wallet, my phone and my keys,
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And I'm tired of being tired out
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Always being on the lookout for thieving gits.
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We're all wondering how we ended up so scared;
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We spent ten long years teaching our kids not to care
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And that "there's no such thing as society" anyway,
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And all the rich folks act surprised
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When all sense of community dies,
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But you just closed your eyes to the other sidev Of all the things that she did.
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Thatcher fucked the kids.
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And it seems a little bit rich to me,
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The way the rich only ever talk of charity
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In times like the seventies, the broken down economy
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Meant even the upper tier was needing some help.
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But as soon as things look brighter,
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Yeah the grin gets wider and the grip gets tighter,
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And for every teenage tracksuit mugger
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There's a guy in a suit who wouldn't lift a finger for anybody else.
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You've got a generation raised on the welfare state,
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Enjoyed all its benefits and did just great,
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But as soon as they were settled as the richest of the rich,
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They kicked away the ladder, told the rest of us that life's a bitch.
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And it's no surprise that all the fuck-ups
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Didn't show up until the kids had grown up.
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But when no one ever smiles or ever helps a stranger,
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Is it any fucking wonder our society's in danger of collapse?
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So all the kids are bastards,
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But don't blame them, yeah, they learn by example.
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Blame the folks who sold the future for the highest bid:
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That's right, Thatcher fucked the kids.
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Thatcher Fucked The Kids
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| Frank Turner |
