Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards (Arab Spring Edition)

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In the Middle Eastern states the citizens demand
To know why they're still the target of Strategic Air Command
And they shake their fists in anger
And respectfully suggest
That we fuck off and let them sell their own oil instead

The Iraq War now is over, but the death toll keeps getting higher
I'm scared to death of suicide bombers and frightened of friendly fire
And I don't believe we can ever win
An endless War of Terror
While our politicians are arms dealers

From folk protest to popular product, I wonder what my use is
I text a friend, my homeopath and my antipodean masseuses
While looking undercover
For anyone who might be listening
I'm looking for a News of the World reporter

Music sales are hijacked by pirates that have posted
Even after closing Wikileaks their website is re-hosted
You can be active with the activists or
Get bed bugs with the Tweeters
I'm waiting for the great leap forwards

One leap forwards, two leaps back
Will Facebook get me in the sack?
Waiting for the great leap forwards

Well, here comes the future and you can't run from it
If you've got a blacklist I don't wanna be on it
Waiting for the great leap forwards

It's a mighty long way from rock and roll
Singing songs in your bedroom while signing on the dole
Waiting for the great leap forwards

If no one out there understands
Just walk like an Egyptian and fill out the claim forms
Waiting for the great leap forwards

In a perfect world we'd all sing in tune
But this is virtual reality, we just use auto-tune
Waiting for the great leap forwards

So join the struggle while you may
The revolution is just a podcast away
Waiting for the great leap forwards

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We’re not going on our Winter holidays in the sun, cries crony Blair ‘Cos on the Sixth of October highway leading on to Tahrir Square BJ Clinton’s missus spies a rich friend who's crying Over Luxor's disappointments so she talks over and she's trying To sympathise with him But she thinks that she should warn him That the USA can't stop this revolution In the Middle Eastern states the citizens demand To know why they're still the target of Strategic Air Command And they shake their fists in anger And respectfully suggest That we fuck off and let them sell their own oil instead The Iraq War now is over, but the death toll keeps getting higher I'm scared to death of suicide bombers and frightened of friendly fire And I don't believe we can ever win An endless War of Terror While our politicians are arms dealers From folk protest to popular product, I wonder what my use is I text a friend, my homeopath and my antipodean masseuses While looking undercover For anyone who might be listening I'm looking for a News of the World reporter Music sales are hijacked by pirates that have posted Even after closing Wikileaks their website is re-hosted You can be active with the activists or Get bed bugs with the Tweeters I'm waiting for the great leap forwards One leap forwards, two leaps back Will Facebook get me in the sack? Waiting for the great leap forwards Well, here comes the future and you can't run from it If you've got a blacklist I don't wanna be on it Waiting for the great leap forwards It's a mighty long way from rock and roll Singing songs in your bedroom while signing on the dole Waiting for the great leap forwards If no one out there understands Just walk like an Egyptian and fill out the claim forms Waiting for the great leap forwards In a perfect world we'd all sing in tune But this is virtual reality, we just use auto-tune Waiting for the great leap forwards So join the struggle while you may The revolution is just a podcast away Waiting for the great leap forwards

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