Billy Bragg - NPWA Lyrics

Lyrics NPWA - Billy Bragg




I grew up in a company town
And I worked real hard 'til that company closed down
They gave my job to another man
On half my wages in some foreign lands
And when I asked how could this be
Any good for our economy?
I was told nobody cares
So long as they make money when they sell their shares
Can you hear us, are you listening?
No power without accountability
(Can you hear us) Are you listening?
No power without accountability
I lost my job, my car and my house
When ten thousand miles away some guy clicked on a mouse
He didn't know me, we never spoke
He didn't ask my opinion or canvas for my vote
I guess it's true, nobody cares
'Til those petrol bombs come spinning through the air
Gotta find a way to hold them to account
Before they find a way to snuff our voices out
Can you hear us, are you listening?
No power without accountability
(Can you hear us) Are you listening?
No power without accountability
The ballot box is no guarantee that we achieve democracy
And our leaders claim their victory when only half the people have spoken
We have no job security in this global economy
Our borders closed to refugees but our markets forced open
The World Bank says to Mexico
"We'll cut you off if you don't keep your taxes low"
But they have no right to wield that sword
'Cause they take their orders from the chairman of the board
IMF, WTO
I hear these words just every place I go
Who are these people, who elected them?
And how do I replace them with some of my friends?
Can you hear us, are you listening?
No power without accountability
(Can you hear us) Are you listening?
No power without accountability
(Can you hear us) Are you listening?
No power without accountability
(Can you hear us) Are you listening?
No power without accountability
(Can you hear us) Are you listening?
No power without accountability
(Can you hear us) Are you listening?
No power without accountability
(Can you hear?)



Writer(s): Simon Edwards, Stephen William Bragg, Samuel Martyn Barker, Robert David Edmonds, Benjamin Norman Mandelson, Ian Patrick Mclagan


Billy Bragg - Must I Paint You a Picture?: The Essential Billy Bragg

1 A New England
2 The Man in the Iron Mask
3 The Milkman of Human Kindness
4 To Have and to Have Not
5 A Lover Sings
6 St. Swithin's Day
7 The Saturday Boy
8 Between the Wars
9 The World Turned Upside Down
10 Levi Stubbs' Tears
11 Walk Away Renee (Version)
12 Greetings to the New Brunette
13 There Is Power in a Union
14 Help Save the Youth of America
15 The Warmest Room
16 Must I Paint You a Picture
17 She's Got a New Spell
18 The Price I Pay
19 Valentine's Day Is Over
20 Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
21 Sexuality
22 Cindy Of A Thousand Lives
23 Moving The Goalposts
24 Tank Park Salute
25 You Woke Up My Neighbourhood
26 Accident Waiting to Happen (Red Star Version)
27 Sulk
28 Upfield
29 The Fourteenth Of February
30 Brickbat
31 The Space Race Is Over
32 The Boy Done Good
33 NPWA
34 St. Monday
35 Some Days I See the Point
36 Take Down the Union Jack - Band Version




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