Union Songs

Power In Market Forces

A song by Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis©1990 Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis

There's joy in the treasury, there's dancing in the banks,
Even though our economy appears under attack,
We're trading in the red where we should be in the black
But we can leave it to the markets.

Chorus:
The markets forever, defending the rich,
Protecting their fortunes against communists,
We have only one mantra, and our mantra is this:
There is power in market forces.

The markets are angry, to appease their wrath,
We'll cut back on welfare and sacrifice jobs,
For the markets and only the markets are our gods,
And there is power in market forces.

Down with the bludger who lives on the dole,
Down with the worker who dares get sick or old,
Economic rationalism has no heart or soul,
But there is power in market forces.

The markets forever, defending the rich...

I'll show you a family where life is despair,
I'll show you a patient who's desparate for care,
I'll show you a world which is neither just nor fair,
Where there is power in market forces.

I'll show you a desert where once a forest grew,
I'll show you a poisoned lake, and river too,
They were all sacrificed to advance the wealthy few,
For there is power in market forces.

The markets forever, defending the rich...

Notes

Many thanks to Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis for permission to add this song to the Union Songs collection.

"A parody of the Billy Bragg version of Power In The Union ... and from what we hear, Bill and his Blairite mates are more likely to be singing this version these days"

Visit the Peter Hicks and Radical Song Book website at http://home.austarnet.com.au/glazfolk/

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