Grace Petrie - A Young Woman's Tale lyrics
[Grace Petrie - A Young Woman's Tale lyrics]
At the ending of last century
I thought I knew the score
The miners lost the battle
But the good guys won the war
I stayed up with my folks
They drank champagne till 6 AM
The morning that we saw the Tories
Out of number 10
But short-lived was the victory
From that May morning air
When came the bloody war in
Through the door of Tony Blair
A nation of resistance
Peaceful folk denied a choice
And taught my generation
That a vote was not a voice
Well before too long the boom was bust
And the money had run dry
And when the people turn around
And ask Westminster "why?"
The false god that they'd made
Out of the city still prevailed
And we were told the welfare state
Was why the system failed
Well we were sold prosperity
Off working people's backs
And while we got mass-austerity
The rich got let off tax
And now the NHS is on it's knees
And the ones who get the blame
Are people washed up on the shore
With nothing to their name
A world of competition
For resources we should share
Was brought about by Thatcher
And made stronger under Blair
But nobody on this earth
Should fight for food or home or health
And I know we won't survive
On every person for themself
Now I know less than ever
What tomorrow's got in store
But, I owe it to my children
To try for a little more
Than cruelty and division
Folks left in poverty to die
And if we've got a chance to change it
Then I'm damn well gonna try
I thought I knew the score
The miners lost the battle
But the good guys won the war
I stayed up with my folks
They drank champagne till 6 AM
The morning that we saw the Tories
Out of number 10
But short-lived was the victory
From that May morning air
When came the bloody war in
Through the door of Tony Blair
A nation of resistance
Peaceful folk denied a choice
And taught my generation
That a vote was not a voice
Well before too long the boom was bust
And the money had run dry
And when the people turn around
And ask Westminster "why?"
The false god that they'd made
Out of the city still prevailed
And we were told the welfare state
Was why the system failed
Well we were sold prosperity
Off working people's backs
And while we got mass-austerity
The rich got let off tax
And now the NHS is on it's knees
And the ones who get the blame
Are people washed up on the shore
With nothing to their name
A world of competition
For resources we should share
Was brought about by Thatcher
And made stronger under Blair
But nobody on this earth
Should fight for food or home or health
And I know we won't survive
On every person for themself
Now I know less than ever
What tomorrow's got in store
But, I owe it to my children
To try for a little more
Than cruelty and division
Folks left in poverty to die
And if we've got a chance to change it
Then I'm damn well gonna try