PERCENTAGE GAMES by John Warner, 05/11/11, Tune: Calon Lan [Trad Welsh], Simpler version of the tune “Miner’s Life”

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One per cent plays games with money,
One per cent is in control,
One per cent controls our labour,
One per cent can buy our souls,
One per cent is greedy bankers,
One per cent plays stocks and shares,
One per cent owns starving nations,
They’re not one per cent that cares.

Ninety-nine per cent are angry,
Ninety-nine per cent declare
To the one per cent who own us,
Cut your profits, pay your share.

One per cent can ground an airline,
Hack computers, bug your phones,
One per cent has no compassion,
For the world it thinks it owns
Ninety-nine per cent are workers,
Unemployed or over aged,
With the rising cost of living,
Ninety-nine per cent enraged.

Ninety-nine per cent are angry,
Ninety-nine per cent declare
To the one per cent who own us,
Cut your profits, pay your share.

Pay the taxes you’ve avoided,
On our resources, pay the rent,
Cut the interest, increase wages,
Give us ninety-nine per cent.
One per cent had better listen,
One percent, let go of power,
Ninety-nine per cent have risen,
We’re prepared to seize the hour.