It Says Here Lyrics

It says here that the unions will never learn
It says here the economy is on the upturn
And it says here we should be proud that we are free
And our free press reflects our democracy

Those braying voices on the right of the house
Are echoed down the street of shame
Where politics mix with bingo and tits in a money and numbers game
Where they offer you a feature on stockings and suspenders
Next to a call for stiffer penalties for s*x offenders

It says here that this year's prince is born
It says here do you ever wish that you were better informed
And it says here that we could only stop the rot
With a large dose of law and order and a touch of the short sharp shock

If this does not reflect your view you should understand
That those who own the papers also own this land
And they'd rather you believe in coronation street capers
In the war of circulation, it sells newspapers
Could it be an infringement of the freedom of the press
To print pictures of women in states of undress

When you wake up to the fact that you paper is Tory
Just remember, there are two sides to every story

Billy Bragg - Back to Basics

Oct 1990

1. The Milkman Of Human Kindness
2. To Have And To Have Not
3. Richard
4. Lovers Town Revisited
5. A New England
6. The Man In The Iron Mask
7. The Busy Girl Buys Beauty
8. It Says Here
9. Love Gets Dangerous
10. From A Vauxhall Velox
11. The Myth Of Trust
12. The Saturday Boy
13. Island Of No Return
14. The Guitar Says Sorry
15. Like Soldiers Do
16. St. Swithin's Day
17. Strange Things Happen
18. A Lover Sings
19. Between The Wars
20. The World Turned Upside Down
21. Which Side Are You On