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Track 6 on:
"This Is Our Decade Of Living Cheaply And Getting By" CD
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Capital is wonderful
When it works we make a pile
Capital is wonderful
When it fails, the taxpayer saves us

Money Monster had a virgin birth
Ascends to heaven, now rules the Earth
Mystical and immutable
Markets rise and Markets fall but

Capital is wonderful
When it works we make a pile
Capital is wonderful
When it fails, the taxpayer saves us

Trading in commodities
Gratifying our wants and needs
Causing havoc based on confidence
Amassing wealth by selling more than we bought ‘cos

Capital is wonderful
When it works we make a pile
Capital is wonderful
When it fails, the taxpayer saves us

Until credit falls on its own sword
Where regulation is a well-mocked word
Plough billions into our bonus pots
Just top us up ‘cos we don’t give a shit

Capital is wonderful
When it works we make a pile
Capital is wonderful
When it fails, the taxpayer bails us out

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from This Is Our Decade Of Living Cheaply And Getting By, released May 1, 2012
All songs written and performed by Alan Brown
©2011 Alan Brown Copyright Control
Produced by Anthony Chapman and Alan Brown at The Cooler, London
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The Great Leap Forward

The Great Leap Forward (1986-?) is the very long term solo project of Alan Brown - former member of John Peel favourites bIG*fLAME, A Witness, Inca Babies, Sarandon.

Incisive political and social commentary layered on top of sharp yet melodic guitar pop music.
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