The Future is Not What It Was

The cops are sleeping While the shops are robbing us The jobs are taken And the boss is a snob Who thinks that Time is cheating him His wife's doing the same Life is greeting us With a 'Thank you and good day' The cops are sleeping While the shops are robbing us The jobs are taken And your boss is a snob Who thinks that Time is cheating him His wife is doing the same Life is greeting us With a 'Fuck you and good day' Who puts cops in the can? Pander to backhanders? Course they can That's just part and parcel of The humdrum in the hustle man Settling your debts Betting on roulette That's what we get when Narcissistic slickers Trick us into more installment plans Who puts a stop to The Man Pander to backhanders? Course they can 'cos That's just part and parcel of The humdrum in the hustle and Everything is fine Everything is fine Everything is Anodyne the mind with dreams They're selling from a Transit van The future is not what it was The future is not as good as it was The future is not what it was The future is not as good as it was (Everything's okay) They're coughing up the coffers For a doffing off the coppers While they're stocking up the coffins Something rotten in the office Drop the ball and blame all of the other Players for the failure, well In the end the movie had nothing on the trailer And the cops are sleeping While the shops are robbing us The jobs are taken and the boss Is a snob who thinks that time Is cheating him His wife is doing the same Life is greeting us With a 'Fuck you and good day' The future is not what it was The future is not as good as it was The future is not what it was The future is not as good as it was (Everything's okay)