Turn and turn and face the rot,
As 40 years just go straight to pot
And it's the same old shit that we've always seen,
Just a big bunch of cogs in a big machine

But it doesn't always have to be like this
These politicians are just taking the piss

So we build our communities and squats
Till they get shut down by the cops
And we protest, take to the streets
We get gassed by the state and then we get beat

But it doesn't always have to be like this
These coppers are just taking the piss

Got their borders drawn in soil
Stolen from blood, sweat and toil
They've even stolen my identity
Don't even know what it feels like to be free

But it doesn't always have to be like this
This system has always taken the piss
And it doesn't always have to be this way
Don't you know that pigs will pay