TURNING THE CLOCK BACK
(Alex Glasgow)

My granny tells me that she's seen it all before
And at 94 she's seen a thing or two
She's seen the stockbrokers all sighing
And the speculators crying
And the millionaires relying on a war to pull them through

And they're turning the clock back I can hear me granny say
Yes they're turning the clock back and the working man will pay

My Gran remembers the way it used to be
with Baldwin and MacDonald in the chair
She fetched the soup from down the kitchen
Heard the speeches
Saw men marching
Read how Churchill brought the troops in
Which the papers said was fair

And they're turning the clock back I can hear me granny say
Yes they're turning the clock back and the working man will pay

My granny tells me that they're at it once again
The nobs can't get their profit quite as high
And Tom and Dick and Harry
Have forgotten that they carry
On their shoulders all the parasites
That sucked their bodies dry

And they're turning the clock back I can hear me granny say
They may call it social contract but the working man will pay

My granny tells me that it's getting very late
And we've got our silly heads stuck in the sand
She says she has a nasty feeling
We may very soon be reeling
From the evil dealing jackboots
As the Blackshirts haunt the land

And they're turning the clock back I can hear me granny say
Yes they're turning the clock back and the working man will pay

BC