Richard Thompson
This whole country’s tumbling down, walls are gone but the roof is sound Government’s deaf they can never be found, time to ring some changes They’ll arrest you son if you just stand still, they’ll ask you to pose with you hand in the till They’ll ask you to die when you’ve written your will, Time to ring some changes
Time to ring some changes, time to ring some changes Time to ring some changes, time to ring some changes
You earn your money for your daily bread, but the bread’s gone up so you need more money Money’s gone down better borrow instead, time to ring to ring some changes Now the politicians look so smug, they say tell the truth and they give you a shrug You might find the truth swept under the rug, time to ring some changes Time to ring some changes…
Now listen here to the self-made man, he says why can’t you if I can Can’t you push buttons, can’t you make plans? Time to ring some changes I’m going to tear this mansion down, get my feet back on the ground Penny for penny, pound for pound, time to ring some changes Time to ring some changes…