If my father were a chancellor
How easy it would be:
The lovely Lady Caroline
Would be a proper wife, you see
But my father was a servant
And my mother same as he
So the lady of my choosing
Is a world away from me
That's how it is and how it was
And how it always shall be
Position and positioning
Are socially conditioning
How you're born, how you're bred
Predetermine who you wed
Which means there's nothing changeable
Nothing's rearrangable;
Position and positioning are everything in life
Farmer's daughters marry cowherds --
That's acceptable and right
But absurd and quite unheard of
Is a milkmaid and a knight
I quite agree
He quite agrees
She quite agrees
That's how it always shall be
Position and positioning
Are socially conditioning
People high, people low
Keep the state of status quo
Which means there's nothing changeable
Nothing's rearrangable;
Position and positioning are everything in life
When a lad first joins the army
This is what he learns for starters:
Never court your colonel's daughter
Or he'll have your guts for garters!
That's how it is and how it was
And how it always shall be
For position and positioning
Are socially conditioning
How you dress and hold your head
Predetermine who you wed
Which means there's nothing changeable
Nothing's rearrangable;
Position and positioning are everything in life
All the servants in a castle
They reflect the world outside --
They have rank and they have station
And adhere to them with pride
All the staff that work below stairs
May have dreams to work above
But they're locked in their positions by Tradition's iron glove
That's how it is?
And how it was
And how it always shall be
We know our place and happily we bow and scrape and bend our knee
But woe betide the woe begone
Who try to join our echelon
For privelege is not, you see
Confined to just the royalty
Behind these doors, I might suggest, I'm similarly blessed
Yes, position and positioning
Are socially conditioning
Though you work your life away
Where you start is where you stay
Which means there's nothing changeable
Nothing's rearrangable;
Position and positioning are stuck with you for life!
Position and positioning
Are socially conditioning
Though you work your life away
Where you work is where you stay
Which means there's nothing changeable
Nothing's rearrangable;
Position and positioning are everything in life!
Everything in life! Everything in life!
Life, life, life, life, life, life, life, life!
That's how it is
And how it was
And how it always shall be!