The Truth Famine Lyrics - Skyclad

A red letter day for our nowhere industrial town 

A minister's heading this way - he's closing us down 

But what of my daughter - and what of my son 

Just how will they live when the factory's gone? 

Election day promises now null and void 

They'll never rest 'til we're all unemployed 

UB40's a book that you'll find very hard to put down 

The dormant machinery screams - taunting the skies 

Ghosts of the Halcyon dream sustaining our lives 

No job for my daughter - no job for my son 

How can I forgive them for what they have done? 

New statesmen composing the lies for tomorrow's front page 

What pays for the blunders they make - it's the working mans wage. 

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Election day promises now null and void 

They'll never rest 'til we're all unemployed 

UB40's a book that you'll find very hard to put down 

They've issued us all with free rose tinted glasses 

Job training schemes - leisure management classes 

No news is good when you live on the wrong side of town. 

The nadir of despair we have sunk to is easy to gauge 

Our children grow thinner and ever more bitter with age. 

From Newcastle's shipyards to Nottingham's pits 

They strip down our country and sell it in bits 

Election day promises seemingly now null and void 

While microchip minds keep the industry grinding 

We all hunt for jobs that we've no chance of finding 

No change in the everyday lives of the mass unemployed. 

A red letter day for our nowhere industrial town 

A minister's heading this way - he's closing us down 

But what of my daughter - and what of my son 

Just how will they live when the factory's gone? 

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Election day promises now null and void 

They'll never rest 'til we're all unemployed 

UB40's a book that you'll find very hard to put down 

They've issued us all with free rose tinted glasses 

Job training schemes - leisure management classes 

No news is good when you live on the wrong side of town.