What The World Needs
Lyrics written by Neil O'Brien.
What the world needs is higher walls and security
To separate us from our neighbours and undermine the community
What the world needs is a guard on every gate
To keep out the peasants and leave the needy to their fate
What the world needs is more bobbies on the beat
To harass the youth and keep control of the street
What the world needs is ID cards and chip implants
So Big Brother can watch us and know our thoughts in advance
What the world needs is shit on every TV station
To fool and distract and sedate the population
What the world needs is a leader to follow
So our fine words and phrases about freedom ring hollow
What the world needs is a messiah to save us
And a priest and a book and a church to deprave us
What the world needs is more sarcastic songs
To slap you in the face and tell you what's going wrong
What the world needs is a final solution
What the world needs is a fuckin' revolution
The world needs something cos it's all messed up
What the world needs is to wake the fuck up!
Cos it's always on my mind we're not doing enough
To stop it all going to hell, we keep on hitting self-destruct
Time after time we keep ignoring the warning
Let the problems pile up and say "We'll deal with it in the morning"
And we're living in hope that somehow that day will never come
When the balance finally tips and it all falls down
You think we can keep on subtracting and never reach zero
Are you dumb or just deluded cos you're acting like Nero
Fiddling while Rome burns, going down with the Titanic
Or running round in circles like Corporal Jones yelling "Don't panic!"
Action is urgent, you can't just keep this one on file
We've got to round up the criminals and put the bastards on trial
We've gotta smash capitalism and dismantle the state
We've gotta rip out by the roots all the bigotry and hate
We've gotta share what's left and end the pollution
There's no time for half-measures, we need an all-out revolution
Cos destruction's the passion that clears the ground for creation
What the world needs is more sedition and less sedation