Well I heard the man saying on the radio That we all had a chance to be rich. He sounded so sincere to my untrained ear, As he made his selling pitch.
And we’ll all meet together at the rainbow’s end, All gold digging by the rules, Yes we’ll all meet together at the rainbow’s end, And we’ll all stand round like fools, Is it you....
Just pick yourself some numbers, leave the rest to us. It’s only a pound to pay, Then to find out if you’ve won retirement in the sun Tune in on Saturday.
Whatever you’re prepared to risk we will take And put it to good use Out of every stake a percentage we will take Then let the government choose.
Well there used to be subsidies, there used to be grants But these have all been cut, And now I’m thinking that I begin to smell a rat. The case is open and shut.
They do a lot of talking, all the good that they can do, With the money they can raise, But it’s us who’s going to risk it, and them that takes the biscuit When the government gets the praise.