Frank Turner - Thatcher fucked the kids

^EWhatever happened to childhood? ^AWe're all scared of the kids in our neighboorhood ^C#mThey're not small, charming and harmless, They're a ^F#violent bunch of ba^Astard little sh^Eits. ^EAnd anyone who looks younger than me ^AMakes me check for my wallet, my phone and my keys, ^C#mAnd I'm tired of being tired out Always b^F#eing on the loo^Akout for thieving gi^Ets.

We're all wo^Andering how we en^Bded up so sc^F#mared We spent ten^A long years teach^Bing our kids not to c^F#mare And that "there's ^Ano such thing as so^Bciety" any^F#mway, And all the r^Aich folks act surpr^Eised When all se^Anse of community d^Eies, But you just cl^Aosed your eyes to the o^Ether side of a^F#mll the things that she d^Aid. ^BThatcher fucked the k^Eids.

And it s^Eeems a little bit rich to me, The way the r^Aich only ever talk of charity In ti^C#mmes like the seventies, the broken down economy Meant ^F#even the upper t^Aier was needing some h^Eelp. But as s^Eoon as things look brighter, Yeah the g^Arin gets wider and the grip gets tighter, And for e^C#mvery teenage tracksuit mugger There's a g^F#uy in a suit who wouldn't li^Aft a finger for anybody e^Else.

We're all wo^Andering how we en^Bded up so sc^F#mared We spent ten^A long years teach^Bing our kids not to c^F#mare And that "there's ^Ano such thing as so^Bciety" any^F#mway, And all the r^Aich folks act surpr^Eised When all se^Anse of community d^Eies, But you just cl^Aosed your eyes to the o^Ether side of a^F#mll the things that she d^Aid. ^BThatcher fucked the k^Eids.

You've got a g^C#meneration raised on the wel^G#fare state, En^Ajoyed all its benefits and d^Eid just great, But as s^F#moon as they were settled as the ric^C#mhest of the rich, They kic^Aked away the ladder, told the rest of us that life's a bi^Btch. And it's ^C#mno surprise that a^G#ll the fuck-ups Di^Adn't show up until the k^Eids had grown up. But when n^F#mo one ever smiles or ever h^C#melps a stranger, Is it a^Any fucking wonder our soc^Biety's in danger of coll^Eapse?

So a^Ell the kids are bastards, But d^Aon't blame them, yeah, they learn by example. Blame the f^C#molks who sold the future for the highest bid That's r^F#ight, Th^Aatcher fucked the ki^Eds.