Magpie Instinct - Elegy for the Big Society (UK/London Riots 2011 Song)

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Written, filmed, edited and uploaded on 9th August 2011 in Penarth, Wales.

Music and words by Magpie Instinct - Tim Cox & Hugh Everett
Filmed and edited by Theo Jones

Lyrics

This government had an idea
In parliament made it law
Shift the burden of the bankers
Put it on the poor

So there's freedom in the streets now,
Freedom now to choose,
But there is thugs at your window,
Big Society Blues

There aren't that many lessons
in history any more,
A child from the 90s
Isn't scared of 1984
But it seems our government
has so much left to learn
Will you stand by these policies
If half our cities burn?

So pour out all your anger
Pour out all your scorn
The internet is much faster
Than your average policeman's brain or brawn
But they've been set up too boys,
Set up just to fail!
They'll be cut by quarter
Cut by half
To pay a banker's bail

So there's freedom on the streets now,
Freedom now to choose
They are looting your local sports shop now,
Big society Blues

Sources:
http://youtube.com/MarkStoneSkyNews
http://youtube.com/RussiaToday
Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Canon HF10 / iMovie '11

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• bragg
• youth
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• england
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