[Lyric] What Should I Care? (Chris Jagger)

What should I care?
Care for you?
You're telling me lies
And peddling half-truths
The fix we're in
Calls for radical change
While you line your pockets
For political gain

Power corrupts
And like a rusty nail
That's driven so deep
And one day will fail We're stuck with a system
"First past the post"
The political animal is past a joke

The chancellor in finery is perched on the sack
The old boy network is running the pack
Speculators making a run on the pound
And Captain Bob is thieving from his pension fund
Back in the bar where deals are madе
The courtiers are mourning most dismayеd
They wonder if the prince will ascend to the throne
He could have been a high roller
But now he's alone

Government lawyers' position of strength
Is 'market forces' is the best deference
Sell off the water, the power, and gas
It's a simple equation to raise the cash

The mines are flooded
The wheels are stopped
Bring in the coal
From the Columbian Coast
Look for investment
To the rising sun
And sing the national anthem
When the day is done