BALLAD OF J.J. DECAY Well gather around you boys now and listen to the man He says we've fought evaded but united we will stand We'll sacrifice the older ones living in the past We'll burn up their religions and we'll all be free at last We'll put a hat upon his head and then we'll call him God And then we'll share our health in him like peas do in a pod This is the story of a man with his future in his head But no-one ever listens to him when he's dead We're all getting older The light is on and bolder We're all getting older We'll follow him throughout the land obeying his command We'll dance a sort of hatred that we think we understand The children came a-running from their houses of decay And laid the trust upon a fool who found a better way He preach the words of wisdom with his hands and with his mouth Then everyone believed him and then he believed himself This is the story of a man with his future in his head But no-one ever listens to him when he's dead We're all getting older The light is on and bolder We're all getting older Decay (Spoken voice in background of Neville Chamberlain) "This morning I had another talk with the German Chancellor Herr Hitler. Here is the paper which bears his name upon it as well as mine. We regard the agreement signed last night as symbolic of the desire of our two peoples never to go to war with one another again." We're all getting older The light is on and bolder We're all getting older Decay The year had come and gone and everyone began to see Why did we follow such a fool in such a mindless way? Let's turn our hatred to this man - we know he's just a fraud We crucify him with the rest and find another God How many times have you heard someone's coming here to say That from your hell on earth that you will love until your grave This is the story of a man with nothing in his head And no-one's going to listen to you when you're dead We're all getting older The light is on and bolder We're all getting older We're all getting older We're all getting older We're all getting older We're all getting older We're all getting older We're all getting older
[BACK]