Ordinary people don't spend money buying dope
They spend it on the lottery because it gives them hope
Maybe next week they'll get luck, or maybe after that
They can leave their sh**ty job and move out of that flat
Don't be a dope, don't be a dope, don't be a dope
Don't be a dope, don't be a dope, don't buy hope
Don't be a dope, don't be a dope, don't be a dope
Don't be a dope, don't be a dope, don't buy hope
Their money buys them nothing And the government are laughing
And they're taxing all the people who can't see
They're never gonna win it, they should live life for the minute
'Cause the present is the only place to be
I don't wanna live my life until I'm seventy-three
Waiting on the jackpot in the lottery
So I can buy a little island in the Caribbean Sea
I guess that all that nonsense is just not for me
The people spend their money just so they can have a dream
How are they to know that it's a government scheme
To make the working people think that they have esteem
It makes me so angry I could scream
Don't be a dope, don't be a dope, don't be a dope
Don't be a dope, don't be a dope, don't buy hope
Don't be a dope, don't be a dope, don't be a dope
Don't be a dope, don't be a dope, don't buy hope
The people have real problems, it's a false solution
The government are trying to stop a revolution
By doping people's minds with a hopeful solution
The confusion is we're living an illusion
Don't buy your dreams
Don't be a dope, don't be a dope, don't be a dope
Don't be a dope, don't be a dope, don't buy hope
Don't be a dope, don't be a dope, don't be a dope
Don't be a dope, don't be a dope, don't buy hope