Jeffrey Lewis - Big A, Little A lyrics
[Jeffrey Lewis - Big A, Little A lyrics]
Big A, little A, bouncing B
The system might have got you
But it won't get me
1 - 2 - 3 - 4
External control are you gonna
Let them get you?
Do you wanna be a prisoner in
The boundaries they set you?
You say you want to ba yourself
By christ do you think they'll let you?
They're out to get you get you get you
Get you get you get you get you
Hello, hello, hello, this is the Lord God
Can you hear?
Hellfire and damnation's what I've got
For you down there on earth I have
Ambassadors, archbishop, vicar, pope
We'll blind you with morality
You'd best abandon any hope
We're telling you you'd better pray cos
You were born in sin
Right from the start we'll build a cell
And then we'll lock you in
We sit in holy judgement
Condemning those that stray
We offer our forgiveness
But first we'll make you pay
External control are you gonna
Let them get you?
Do you wanna be a prisoner in
The boundaries they set you?
You say you want to be yourself
By christ do you think they'll let you?
They're out to get you get you get you
Get you get you get you get you
Hello, hello, hello
Now here's a massage from your queen
As figurehead of the status quo
I set the social scene
I'm most concerned about my people
I want to give them peace
So I'm making sure they stay in
Line with my army and police
My prisons and my mental homes
Have ever open doors
For those amongst my subjects who
Dare to ask for more
Unruliness and disrespect are things
I can't allow
So I'll see the peasants grovel
If they refuse to bow
External control are you gonna
Let them get you?
Do you wanna be a prisoner in
The boundaries they set you?
You say you want to be yourself
By christ do you think they'll let you?
They're out to get you get you get you
Get you get you get you get you
Like the dutch boy's finger in the dyke
Her arse is in the wall
Holding back the future waiting for
The seas to part
If Moses did it with is faith
She'll do it with an army
Who at times of threatened crisis
Are certain to be there
Guarding national heritage no matter
What or where palaces for kings and queens
Mansions for the rich
Protection for the wealthy
Defence of privilege
They've learnt the ropes In Ireland
Engaged in civil war
Fighting for the ruling classes in
Their battle against the poor
So Ireland's just an island? It's
An island of the mind
Great Britain? Future? Bollocks
You'd better look behind
Round every other corner stands PC 1984
Guardian of the future
He'll implement the law
He's there as a grim reminder that
No matter what you do
Big brothers system's always there with
His beady eyes on you
From God to local bobby
In home and street and school
They've got your name and number while
You've just got their rule
We've got to look for methods
To undermine those powers
It's time to change the tables
The future must be ours
Big A, little A, bouncing B
The system might have got you
But it won't get me
Be exactly who you want to be
Do what you want to do
I am he and she is she
But you're the only you
No one else has got your eyes
Can see the things you see
It's up to you to change your life
And my life's up to me
The problems that you suffer from
Are problems that you make
The shit we have to climb through is
The shit we choose to take
If you don't like the life you live
Change it now it's yours
Nothing has effects if you
Don't recognise the cause
If the programme's not the one
You want, get up, turn off the set
It's only you that can decide
What life you're gonna get
If you don't like religion you
Can be the antichrist
If your tired of politics you
Can be an anarchist
But no one ever changed the church
By pulling down a steeple
And you'll never change the system
By bombing number ten
Systems just aren't made of bricks
They're mostly made of people
You may send them into hiding
But they'll be back again
If you don't like the rules they make
Refuse to play their game
If you don't want to be a number
Don't give them your name
If you don't want to be caught out
Refuse to hear their question
Silence is a virtue
Use it for your own protection
They'll try to make you play their game
Refuse to show your face
If you don't want to be beaten down
Refuse to join their race
Be exactly who you want to be
Do what you want to do
I am he and she is she
But you're they only you
The system might have got you
But it won't get me
1 - 2 - 3 - 4
External control are you gonna
Let them get you?
Do you wanna be a prisoner in
The boundaries they set you?
You say you want to ba yourself
By christ do you think they'll let you?
They're out to get you get you get you
Get you get you get you get you
Hello, hello, hello, this is the Lord God
Can you hear?
Hellfire and damnation's what I've got
For you down there on earth I have
Ambassadors, archbishop, vicar, pope
We'll blind you with morality
You'd best abandon any hope
We're telling you you'd better pray cos
You were born in sin
Right from the start we'll build a cell
And then we'll lock you in
We sit in holy judgement
Condemning those that stray
We offer our forgiveness
But first we'll make you pay
External control are you gonna
Let them get you?
Do you wanna be a prisoner in
The boundaries they set you?
You say you want to be yourself
By christ do you think they'll let you?
They're out to get you get you get you
Get you get you get you get you
Hello, hello, hello
Now here's a massage from your queen
As figurehead of the status quo
I set the social scene
I'm most concerned about my people
I want to give them peace
So I'm making sure they stay in
Line with my army and police
My prisons and my mental homes
Have ever open doors
For those amongst my subjects who
Dare to ask for more
Unruliness and disrespect are things
I can't allow
So I'll see the peasants grovel
If they refuse to bow
External control are you gonna
Let them get you?
Do you wanna be a prisoner in
The boundaries they set you?
You say you want to be yourself
By christ do you think they'll let you?
They're out to get you get you get you
Get you get you get you get you
Like the dutch boy's finger in the dyke
Her arse is in the wall
Holding back the future waiting for
The seas to part
If Moses did it with is faith
She'll do it with an army
Who at times of threatened crisis
Are certain to be there
Guarding national heritage no matter
What or where palaces for kings and queens
Mansions for the rich
Protection for the wealthy
Defence of privilege
They've learnt the ropes In Ireland
Engaged in civil war
Fighting for the ruling classes in
Their battle against the poor
So Ireland's just an island? It's
An island of the mind
Great Britain? Future? Bollocks
You'd better look behind
Round every other corner stands PC 1984
Guardian of the future
He'll implement the law
He's there as a grim reminder that
No matter what you do
Big brothers system's always there with
His beady eyes on you
From God to local bobby
In home and street and school
They've got your name and number while
You've just got their rule
We've got to look for methods
To undermine those powers
It's time to change the tables
The future must be ours
Big A, little A, bouncing B
The system might have got you
But it won't get me
Be exactly who you want to be
Do what you want to do
I am he and she is she
But you're the only you
No one else has got your eyes
Can see the things you see
It's up to you to change your life
And my life's up to me
The problems that you suffer from
Are problems that you make
The shit we have to climb through is
The shit we choose to take
If you don't like the life you live
Change it now it's yours
Nothing has effects if you
Don't recognise the cause
If the programme's not the one
You want, get up, turn off the set
It's only you that can decide
What life you're gonna get
If you don't like religion you
Can be the antichrist
If your tired of politics you
Can be an anarchist
But no one ever changed the church
By pulling down a steeple
And you'll never change the system
By bombing number ten
Systems just aren't made of bricks
They're mostly made of people
You may send them into hiding
But they'll be back again
If you don't like the rules they make
Refuse to play their game
If you don't want to be a number
Don't give them your name
If you don't want to be caught out
Refuse to hear their question
Silence is a virtue
Use it for your own protection
They'll try to make you play their game
Refuse to show your face
If you don't want to be beaten down
Refuse to join their race
Be exactly who you want to be
Do what you want to do
I am he and she is she
But you're they only you