The Jam - Hey Mister lyrics
[The Jam - Hey Mister lyrics]
Because it's real you think it's a joke
Because it's on your doorstep you
Have to have a poke at someone
It's only a cliche because it's all true
Time after time it happens
Through and through to a new generation
You're just so smug in your elected seat
You've got your papers sorted out but
You can't find your feet
Well, I'm not surprised
Hey mister with your head in the clouds
You can't see further than
The shillings and pounds
The things that you say
Don't mean nothing anymore
You have no control they've broken
Down all the doors
And the only way that you'll fix them up
Is another war
If you think I'm gonna die in a financial war
You've got another thing coming and
And what's more there's lots like me
You juggle lives around with the
Stroke of a pen
But we've paid to see that move
And now we won't pay again
The cost is too high
Hey mister your smiles been erased
You can't understand why we're losing face
Perhaps it's the promises that you never kept
"Never had it so good"
Well do you want a bet?
Because it's on your doorstep you
Have to have a poke at someone
It's only a cliche because it's all true
Time after time it happens
Through and through to a new generation
You're just so smug in your elected seat
You've got your papers sorted out but
You can't find your feet
Well, I'm not surprised
Hey mister with your head in the clouds
You can't see further than
The shillings and pounds
The things that you say
Don't mean nothing anymore
You have no control they've broken
Down all the doors
And the only way that you'll fix them up
Is another war
If you think I'm gonna die in a financial war
You've got another thing coming and
And what's more there's lots like me
You juggle lives around with the
Stroke of a pen
But we've paid to see that move
And now we won't pay again
The cost is too high
Hey mister your smiles been erased
You can't understand why we're losing face
Perhaps it's the promises that you never kept
"Never had it so good"
Well do you want a bet?