Thatcher Fucked The Kids (Live 2006)

Whatever happened to childhood?

We're all scared of the kids in our neighborhood

They're not small, charming and harmless

They're a violent bunch of bastard little shits

And anyone who looks younger than me

Makes me check for my wallet, and my phone and my keys

And I'm tired of being tired out

Always being on the lookout for thieving gits

We're all wondering how we ended up so scared

We spent ten long years teaching our kids not to care

And that there's no such thing as society anyway

And all the rich folks act surprised

When all sense of community dies

But you just closed your eyes to the other side

Of all the things that she did

Thatcher fucked the kids

And it seems a little bit rich to me

The way the rich only ever talk of charity

In times like the seventies, the broken down economy

Meant even the upper tier was needing some help

But as soon as things look brighter

Yeah the grin gets wider and the grip gets tighter

And for every teenage tracksuit mugger

There's a guy in a suit who wouldn't lift a finger for anybody else

We're all wondering how we ended up so scared

We spent ten long years teaching our kids not to care

And that there's no such thing as society anyway

And all the rich folks act surprised

When all sense of community dies

But you just close your eyes to the other side

Of all the things that she did

Thatcher fucked the kids

You've got a generation raised on the welfare state

Enjoyed all it's benefits and did just great

But as soon as they were settled as the richest of the rich

They kicked away the ladder, told the rest of us that life's a bitch

And it's no surprise that all the fuck-ups

Didn't show up until the kids had grown up

But when no one ever smiles or ever helps a stranger

Is it any fucking wonder our society's in danger of collapse?

So all the kids are bastards

But don't blame them, yeah, they learn by example