We're walking out
We're downing our tools
This management
They take us for fools
All we're asking is
A living wage
A living wage
A living wage
And now
There's nothing I can do
I spend my days in dreams
And join the endless queue,
So far from the machines,
All the machines are quiet
I could scream
All the machines are quiet

I'll take the kids
To Chessington zoo
The big gorilla,
He looks just like you
Watch that tiger
Pacing in his cage
I feel his rage
I feel his rage
And now
There's nothing
I can do
I spend my days in dreams
And join the endless queue,
So far from the machines,
All the machines are quiet
I could scream
All the machines are quiet

The winter's coming
We need new shoes
I'm selling the car,
I'm paying my dues
The union bosses
Tell us five more weeks - five more weeks -
Five more weeks
And now
There's nothing
I can do
I spend my days in dreams
And join the endless queue,
So far from the machines,
All the machines are quiet
I could scream
All the machines are quiet