October 11, 2001 | Delores | Link to Here
Lyrics: Root of All Evil
Transcribed by: Rod Laughton, David Herbert
With the next month's single, the band has happily returned to the more blatantly political themes that coloured their earlier work, particularly "Welcome To .." and some of the track's from Paul, Hamster, and Sean's earlier garage band "The Starlings" (or some bird name or other). Anyway, here's a pretty good swag at the polemical lyrics:
Root of All Evil
(Heaton/Rotheray 2001)
If Euro replaces the Pound, it's still likely to be shiny and round
The rich may switch the way they feel rich
But not the man who's alive
Or the man who was drowned
"Keep the Pound," only make sense
If you're worth more than 99 pence
Those who have a lot and those who have not
Will make Francs, Marks, Pesetas and Cents
If money is the root of all evil
What does that make love of the Pound?
We'll be eating frogs and modelling clogs
And you'll be hunting French and Dutch with a hound
Now our nation goes to the vote
So our country has its name on the note
Same set of people, same vote
Leave their name in the back of their coat
Heads or tails cannot be won
On whose head graced, whatever was fun
If Queen's head's not on money they've got
It's still business and money's still fun
If money is the root of all evil
What does that make love of the Pound?
We'll be eating Frogs and Modelling clogs
And you'll be hunting French and Dutch with a hound
Now our nation goes to the vote
So our country has its name on the note
Same set of people, same vote
Leave their name in the back of their coat
Now our nation goes to the vote
So our country has its name on the note
Same set of people, same vote
Leave their name in the back of their coat
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