Legal-Illegal

歌詞

Every time you pick up the newspaper Every time you switch on the TV You can bet your old boots that at some point you'll see A high-ranking copper or else an MP Calling on all who are British & free To stand up & defend law & order It's illegal to rip off a payroll It's illegal to hold up a train But it's legal to rip off a million or two That comes from the labor that other folks do To plunder the many on behalf of the few It's a thing that is perfectly legal It's illegal to kill off a landlord Or to trespass upon his estate But to change a high rent for a slum is ok You condemn 2 adults & 3 children to stay In a hubble that's rotten with damp & decay It's a thing that is perfectly legal If your job sends you into a sunbeam It's legal to fell some despair But don't be aggressive that is if you're smart Remember the boss has your interest at heart And it grieves him to see you unhappy If you fashion a bomb in the kitchen You're guilty of breaking the law But a bloody great nuclear plant is ok The plutonium processing hastens the day When this tiny little isle may be blasted away Nonetheless it is perfectly legal It's illegal if you are a gypsy To camp on the side of the road But it's proper & right for the rich & the great To live in a mansion that no man has paid It was got from the people by pillage & rape That's what they call a tradition It's illegal to carve up your misses Or put poison in your old man's tea But poison the rivers, the seas & the sky And poison the mind of a nation with lies If it's done in the interest of free enterprise Then it's proper & perfectly legal It's legal to join a trade union And to picket is one of your rights But don't be offensive when scabs cross the line Be nice to the coppers & keep this in mind To picket effectively that is a crime Worst than if you had murdered your mother It's legal to sing on the telly But they make bloody sure that you don't If you sing about racist & fascist & creeps And thieves in high places who live off the weak And those who are selling us right up the creek The twisters, the takers, the con men, the fakers The whole bloody damnable exploiters