Chumbawamba - Song Of The Mother In Debt lyrics

I'm always waiting I'm sick of waiting For the day my luck will change I've spent enough time In queues and bread lines In hope of better days These thieves and scroungers And lazy ba*tards If I move they'll steal my place Steal like this State does And who's to blame us When none of us can pay? Will heaven's angels Pull out the rent books And ask me how I'll pay? Behind their big desks Misspell my kids' names And file my life away? I knock on doors See curtains move Time wins wars each name is proof I could tell tales The tricks they use Cut no ice, I take what's due There are worse tasks Than door to door I take pride in taking more I watch my back Dark alleyways When doubt calls I bank my wage No easy choice: The devil's boat or cruel sea? I took the boat When I knock knock at Peter's gate Will he ask if I can pay? Test the water feel the ground Send the tax collectors round Fill the coffers pound by pound A surer way to keep in line The rabble who spend half their time Wishing they could have what's mine Stamping on the people's hands This is where I'll make my stand This is how I'll rule this land I'll push and push a little more I'll push and goad and tease the poor A good excuse to fight my war The war between have-nots and haves My little game of smash and grab Turn the screw increase the tax Friend or foe, who goes there? Turns his coat and takes the rear Sings the Red Flag once a year. I've got this dream home I'm queuing up for In freshly dug brown earth One thing I can swear Before I get there I'll k** the taxman first