Ideology Lyrics

The song Ideology is performed by Billy Bragg in the album named Volume 1 in the year 2006 .



When one voice rules the nation
Just because they're top of the pile
Doesn't mean their vision is the clearest
The voices of the people
Are fallin' on deaf ears
Our politicians all become careerists

They must declare their interests
But not their company cars
Is there more to a seat in parliament
Than sitting on your arse
And the best of all this bad bunch
Is shouting to be heard
Above the sound of ideologies clashing

Outside the patient millions
Who put them into power
Expect a little more back for their taxes
Like school books, beds in hospitals
And peace in our bloody time
All they get is old men grinding axes

Who've built their private fortunes
On the things they can rely
The courts, the secret handshake
The Stock Exchange and the old school tie
For God and Queen, and Country
All things they justify
Above the sound of ideologies clashing

God bless the civil service
The nations saving grace
While we expect democracy
They're laughin' in our face
And although our cries get louder
The laughter gets louder still
Above the sound of ideologies clashing

Above the sound of ideologies
Above the sound of ideologies
Above the sound of ideologies clashing



Billy Bragg - Volume 1

Mar 2006

  1. The Cloth ( I ) (2:50)
  2. Love Lives Here (1:41)
  3. Speedway Hero (2:37)
  4. Loving You Too Long (2:49)
  5. Loves Gets Dangerous (2:30)
  6. Man In The Iron Mask (2:15)
  7. A13 (2:25)
  8. Fear Is A Man's Best Friend (2:32)
  9. Myth Of Trust (2:54)
  10. This Guitar Says Sorry (2:32)
  11. It Must Be A River (2:18)
  12. Won'T Talk About It (5:04)
  13. Talking Wag Club Blues (2:56)
  14. You Got The Power (3:08)
  15. The Last Time (2:53)
  16. Back To The Old House (2:50)
  17. World Turned Upside Down (Between The Wars Ep) (2:36)
  18. Train Train (2:13)
  19. The Marriage (2:32)
  20. Ideology (3:27)
  21. Honey I'M A Big Boy Now (4:08)
  22. Power In A Union (2:49)
  23. Wishing The Days Away (2:30)
  24. The Passion (2:54)
  25. The Home Front (4:12)
  26. Sin City (3:32)
  27. Deportees (4:00)
  28. Tracks Of My Tears (2:54)
  29. The Clashing Of Ideologies (2:49)
  30. A Nurse's Life Is Full Of Woe (2:46)
  31. Only Bad Signs (3:09)
  32. Hold The Fort (1:48)
  33. CHILE YOUR WATERS RUN RED THROUGH SOWETO
  34. DAYS LIKE THESE (DC REMIX)
  35. JOE HILL
  36. THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
  37. NEVER CROSS A PICKET LINE
  38. A CHANGE IS GONNA COME
  39. A MINERS LIFE
  40. The Internationale (3:49)
  41. I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night (1:29)
  42. The Marching Song Of The Covert Battalions (4:00)
  43. Blakes Jerusalem (2:32)
  44. Nicaragua Nicaraguita (1:09)
  45. The Red Flag (3:13)
  46. My Youngest Son Came Home Today (3:08)
  47. Intro (Live) (0:58)
  48. Think Again (4:21)
  49. A13, TRUNK ROAD TO THE SEA

Ideology