The Day that Thatcher Dies (Live at the BBC)

We will laugh the day that Thatcher dies,

Even though we know it's not right,

We will dance and sing all night.

I was blind in 1979, by '82 I had clues,

By 1986 I was mad as hell.

The teachers at school, they took us for fools,

They never taught us what to do,

But Christ we were strong, we knew all along,

We taught ourselves the right from wrong.

And the punk rock kids, and the techno kids,

No, it's not their fault.

And the hip hop boys and heavy metal girls,

No, it's not their fault.

It was love, but Tories don't know what that means,

She was Michelle Cox from the lower stream,

She wore high-heeled shoes while the rest wore flat soles.

And the playground taught her how to be cruel,

I talked politics and she called me a fool,

She wrapped her ankle chain round my left wing heart.

Ding dong, the witch is dead, which old witch?

The wicked witch.

Ding dong, the wicked witch is dead.