[Verse 1] From Austria's hills, a warning sound, 'Gainst planners' schemes and boastful pride! Hayek said The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design! [Chorus] Heave ho, for Hayek, sharp and keen! The road to serfdom, clearly seen! Heave ho, let freedom's market ring! The spontaneous order it will bring! [Verse 2] The state proclaims, "We plan for all!" But freedom shrinks with every decree! Hayek said The more the state 'plans' the more difficult planning becomes for the individual! [Chorus] Heave ho, for Hayek, sharp and keen! The road to serfdom, clearly seen! Heave ho, let freedom's market ring! The spontaneous order it will bring! [Verse 3] They cry "Emergency!" and seize, The rights our fathers fought to hold! Hayek said 'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded! [Chorus] Heave ho, for Hayek, sharp and keen! The road to serfdom, clearly seen! Heave ho, let freedom's market ring! The spontaneous order it will bring! [Verse 4] We don't oppose a helping hand, Or working side-by-side with might! Hayek said The argument for liberty is not an argument against organization... but an argument against all exclusive, privileged, monopolistic organization, against the use of coercion to prevent others from trying to do better! If socialists knew coin's true light, Hayek said If socialists understood economics, they wouldn't be socialists! [Chorus] Heave ho, for Hayek, sharp and keen! The road to serfdom, clearly seen! Heave ho, let freedom's market ring! The spontaneous order it will bring!
