PRAWNS IN THE GAME
As recorded by Jeremy Taylor on "Live in Chicago" (2012)

Bruvvers, bruvvers, we all know why we're 'ere.
We've stated our demands; we've made it perfectly clear.
The management of this factory is pushin' us around,
So are we gonna stand 'ere and take it lyin' down?

CHORUS: No! We're not! We've got our rights.
No! We won't give up without a fight.
It's the bosses gets the money; it's the workers gets the blame,
And it's time they stopped treatin' us like prawns in the game.
Prawns in the game, prawns in the game,
It's time they stopped treatin' us like prawns in the game.

Now, our bruvvers in this dispute are bein' manipulised,
And it's up to us to see that the management's castigised.
Now, we got the support of AJAX and E-N-T-A-U,
And the A-L-P-N-W-E-N-T-G....errr,
And as far as we're concerned, at this particular junction in time,
We're by-passing the union, cos they're just toein' the line.
I mean, the fact is, that the workin' man is bein' victimated,
So are we going to stand 'ere and watch him get cast straight into the sea?

CHORUS

Now we got a right to strike, bruvvers, and we got a right to work,
And we got a right to stay on strike for the right to go back to work,
And we got a right to back pay for the time that we been strikin',
And the overtime we could've earned is ours for the takin'.
Now the executive strike committee is in complete agreeance.
The party leader Micky Thump is representin' our greivance.
The day is dawnin', bruvvers, when the battle will be won,
So are we gonna give in now, and leave the job undone?

CHORUS: No! We're not! We got our rights!
No! We won't give up without a fight.
It's the bosses get—what do bosses get? (The money!) What do the workers get? (The blame!)
And what have they been treatin' us as? (Prawns in the game!)
All right then! Prawns in the game, prawns in the game,
It's time they stopped treatin' us like prawns in the game.

All right, bruvvers, last verse now, last verse:

Now our comrades in Zimbalay—, in Zimbabl—, in Rhodesia—have kicked the colonists out.
Control by the proletariat is what it's all about.
From the shores of Czechoslovakia [pause] to Hungary and Spain,
The writin's on the wall, bruvvers; the message is plain.
This Government's tryin' to con us wiv anovver wages freeze,
But the aim of the Party, bruvvers, is to bring the country to its knees.
As Micky says, the revolution will bring a bright new day,
So are we gonna let the scabs stand in our way?

CHORUS, ending:

All together! Prawns in the game, prawns in the game,
It's time they stopped treatin' us like prawns in the game.
One more time! Prawns in the game, prawns in the game,
It's time they stopped treatin' us like prawns in the game.