Chumbawamba - More whitewashing

^G Children in ^Dschool forced to the ^Cdesk ^{C D G} Finger the ^Datlas and study the ^Ctext ^{C D G} Lies and o^Dpinion presented as ^Cfact ^{C D G} Taught to ac^Dcept, and never to ^Cask ^{C D}

^GThose smiling workers in Ladybird books ^DThey're not picking coffee at all ^CThey're busy with bricks and mortar ^DBuilding the company wall

^G Flickering ^Dpictures hypno^Ctise ^{C D G} We spend our ^Dlives watching others' ^Clives ^{C D G} Too much ^Dwatching to rea^Clise ^{C D} That this is a ^Gsmokescreen and ^Dthis is why people ^Cdie ^{C D}

^GThose smiling news presenters ^DThey're not reading cue-cards at all ^CThey're busy with brush and bucket ^DWhitewashing the company wall

^G Set yourself ^Dup and play it a^Cgain ^{C D G} Force the ^Dtears and enter^Ctain ^{C D G} Sing about a ^Dworld of make-be^Clieve ^{C D G} Force this ^Dcharity and ^Cleave ^{C D}

^GRich people who claim to know what's wrong with this world ^DCan't know anything at all ^CThey're busy giving the orders ^DFor us to build their second homes

^G Flickering ^Dpictures hypno^Ctise ^{C D G} Flickering ^Dpictures hypno^Ctise ^{C D}

^GAnd we who take the ^Dorders (Flickering pictures hypno- ^CAnd refuse to ^Cquestion it ^Dall tise) ^GWe're busy with spade and ^DBible (Flickering pictures hypno- ^CBurying the ^Cpoor ^D tise)

^G We spend our ^Dlives watching others' ^Clives ^{C D} (Burying the poor Burying the poor) ^G Too much ^Dwatching to rea^Clise (Burying the poor Burying the ^{C D} That this is a ^Gsmokescreen and ^Dthis is why people ^Cdie ^{C D}

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poor Burying the poor)

^AmMass-manufactured and ^C#mgiven away ^DBlinkers to get you ^Dthrough your day ^AmSo you'll never ever know to what ex^C#mtent you're involved ^DEasily fooled, all your ^Dproblems solved ^AmYou'll say starvation has ^C#mnothing to do with you ^DYou saw it in print, so it ^Dmust be true ^AmAnd the documentary ex^C#mplained it all ^DIt's a simple matter of ^Dbirth control

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And if you send a little money you can sleep tonight

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Or starve in sympathy on a Limmits Diet

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And you know that charity cures malnutrition

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And hunger put the sparkle back in television ^AmHunger put the sparkle back in ^C#mtelevision ^DHunger put the sparkle back in ^Dtelevision ^AmHunger put the sparkle back in ^C#mtelevision ^DHunger put the sparkle back in ^Dtelevision