Mark Seymour - Master of Spin lyrics

There came out of nowhere a God fearing man Who dreamed of a world he was born to command The love of the people he was yearning to win Well he came to be known as the master of spin He was born in a time full of darkness and fear The thunder of cannons was distant but clear His mother leaned down and she whispered to him “Don't you ever say sorry and never give in” She teased him and pushed him and jeered from behind So nobody noticed how quickly he climbed Every turn that he took was a means to an end His temper grew rigid while others did bend Oh Lord, let the bells ring For the hard little man who was hollow within Power without glory is a heartbreaking thing On the road to nowhere with the master of spin Well the people believed in the stories he told Of glory and conquest and hunger for gold He built an army and vowed it would win And they marched into history with the master of spin Well they struggled bravely through rivers of blood The corpses grew higher, and the fire and the flood Oh how they suffered for following him But they worshipped the man called the master of spin Oh Lord, let the bells ring For the hard little man who was hollow within Power without glory is a heartbreaking thing On the road to nowhere with the master of spin Still it didn't take much to bring him undone A small indiscretion, the slip of the tongue The fool and the mistress and the monster within They all blew the whistle on the master of spin They say in this life there is one lesson to learn The strong will survive and the weakest will burn Perhaps she was wrong when she whispered to him “Don't you ever say sorry and never give in” El Dorado still waits to be found And the glorious armies are long in the ground And a terrible darkness still lies deep within The heart of a man called the master of spin Oh Lord, let the bells ring For the hard little man who was hollow within Power without glory is a heartbreaking thing On the road to nowhere with the master of spin Oh Lord, let the bells ring For the hard little man who was hollow within Power without glory is a heartbreaking thing On the road to nowhere with the master of spin On the road to nowhere with the master of spin