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Ideology (Billy Bragg)

from Fists Up. Chin Down. by Rad Radical

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A little riff on a Billy Bragg classic

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When one voice rules the nation
Just because they're top of the pile
Doesn't mean their vision is the clearest

The voices of the people
Are falling on deaf ears
Our politicians all become careerists

They must declare their interests
But not their company cars
Is there more to a seat in Congress
Than sitting on your ass
And the best of all this bad bunch
Is shouting to be heard
Above the sound of ideologies clashing

Outside the patient millions
Who put them into power
Expect a little more back for their taxes

Like vaccines, beds in hospitals
And peace in our bloody time
All they get is old men grinding axes

Who've built their private fortunes
On the things they can rely
The courts, the secret handshake
The Stock Exchange and the old school tie

For god and flag and Country
The things they justify
Above the sound of ideologies crashing

God bless the civil service
The nations saving grace
While we expect democracy
They're laughing in our face
And although our cries get louder
The laughter gets louder still
Above the sound of ideologies crashing

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from Fists Up. Chin Down., track released June 3, 2023

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Rad Radical San Jose, California

Make music. Make art. Then give it away.

Anti-racist, anti- fascist.

I’m absolutely convinced of the power of the audience to come together, to help each other through bad times. It’s what the Clash did for me. They gave me music and community and politics and a belief that anything was possible. The future is, indeed, unwritten.
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