It starts at the top

Don't blame it on the bottom

Put the problem in a headline

And hope it is forgotten

There's panic on the platforms

There's panic on the shore

Ain't nobody got no money

So, they're sleeping on the floor

Don't believe everything that you're told

Austerity's a choice and it's getting old

Don't believe everything that you're told

Austerity's a choice and it's getting old

Don't shoot the messenger

They're just giving you a message

Everybody knows the truth's on the lips of the one

Who's got nothing to lose

The church of man is missing

The church of man is dead

They'll arrest a man who's fleeing

Well, at least, he'll have a bed

Don't believe everything that you're told

Austerity's a choice and it's getting old

Don't believe everything that you're told

Austerity's a choice and it's getting old

What's classy if you're rich

But trashy if you're poor?

Taking money from the government

Then breaking English law

Desperate times, desperate people

Getting locked up for their sins

While the rich are getting richer

Filling up their wheelie bins

Don't believe everything that you're told

Austerity's a choice and it's getting old

Don't believe everything that you're told

Austerity's a choice and it's getting old

Don't believe everything that you're told

Austerity's a choice and it's getting old

Don't believe everything that you're told

Austerity's a choice and it's getting old

Don't believe everything that you're told

Austerity's a choice and it's getting old

Don't believe everything that you're told

Austerity's a choice and it's getting old