Redgum - Talk lyrics

Nothing much has changed here but the skyline Out of work, there's nothing to do Video games have changed their names There's a new show on TV Employment schemes, the suburban dream Aren't much use to me It's all just talk When we want some action The same old lies We've heard it all before It's all just talk I get no satisfaction Life's too short to hang around And time just slips away. In the corridors of power Corruption makes the rules Manipulate the circumstance And leave the rest to fools Every day I read the paper Employment section's looking pretty thin My old man's crazy, says I'm lazy He says I never try I wait for news of interviews But they all pa** me by