Grace Petrie - Farewell to Welfare lyrics

It's never too late
To recapture the benefit's of Section 28
And it's never too wild
To slash benefit's for single mums
The only victim is the child and oh
 who's gonna be my Martin Luther King?
And I'll say, who's gonna be my Harvey Milk?
And on the steps of parliament
They're demonstrating
But what's the use when they're all
Cut from the same Eton silk?
I'll say farewell, farewell to welfare

And we've got a recession to beat
Let's put more money into the monarchy
And a millionaire in Downing Street
And someone's got to foot the bill
Let's start with the disabled
And the mentally ill
And if I keep my receipts
Can I claim back the mistakes
And the lives ruined by this government?
Or in another eighteen years of
Budget cuts and tears
Will the people pay for those
Just like we pay your rent?
And say farewell, farewell to welfare

So give me change, give me equality
Give me a minister for women
That don't represent me give me a decent
Honest Nick who's on the level
Until the first glimpse of power
He'll make a deal with the devil
And you tell me that this is democracy
And you tell me that it
Ain't no old boys club
And as the thousands march on Westminster
Look how quickly their demands are snubbed
And you ask me, "Where is the youth vote?"
Well they didn't let me in
So you'll find me in the pub
Raising a toast to the ghost of welfare

And I used to dream of a Britain
Where I'd be proud to bring up kids
These days, I'd settle for a Britain
Where I'd be allowed to bring up kids

And Mrs May, if I may be so bold as to say
That your archaic view of family
Holds no relevance today
And if you think that honest people
Really should be turned away
From IVF and B&Bs just because they're gay
I suggest you stop requesting that
We continue to pay
Our taxes to a party that's held
Us back all the way
So I'll take my business and my
Produce and my income tax elsewhere
And say farewell, farewell to welfare

I'll say farewell, farewell to welfare
They'll say to hell, to hell with welfare
And I'll say farewell, farewell
I'll say farewell, farewell
I'll say farewell, farewell to welfare