Western Dream

Gather round and listen and I'll tell you how's it's done
 How they manage to make idiots out of everyone
 Take a human population with their hunger and their pain
 And the weaknesses that cripple them again and again
 Invent a splendid party where dreams can be won
 And with bright flashing lights, the heartaches are gone
 With sex and with money and with everything for free
 Then show tantalising glimpses every night on TV.
 Watch the dirty hands that laboured hard for you
 Stretching out like children for a crumb that they can chew
 Give a car and video and a little bit to spare
 And go on promising that more could all be theirs
 Ch: All lies, all lies, all schemes all schemes
 Every winner means a looser in the western dream
 The producer swears silently it cannot be heard
 And the camera crew are muttering those four letter words
 Another take is needed so the show can go on
 With a patronising smile and a popular song
 They tell when to laugh, they tell you when to cheer
 So the audience at home will get the right idea
 They watch like children left out of a playground gang
 Conforming their lives the way they hope will get them in
 Ch: All lies, all lies, all schemes all schemes
 Every winner means a looser in the western dream
 It seems to me sometimes there's only two ways to choose
 In this whirlpool made of a thousands years
 Either live in these ghettos and know your place
 Or you trample over everyone in the human race
 I wish we could find another way to go
 Without the Ghost of Cain in everything we do
 The bitterness in failure and the dirt in success
 This is our choice