The Future is Not What It Was

The cops are sleeping
While the shops are robbing us
The jobs are taken
And the boss is a snob
Who thinks that
Time is cheating him
His wife's doing the same
Life is greeting us
With a 'Thank you and good day'

The cops are sleeping
While the shops are robbing us
The jobs are taken
And your boss is a snob
Who thinks that
Time is cheating him
His wife is doing the same
Life is greeting us
With a 'Fuck you and good day'

Who puts cops in the can?
Pander to backhanders?
Course they can
That's just part and parcel of
The humdrum in the hustle man
Settling your debts
Betting on roulette
That's what we get when
Narcissistic slickers
Trick us into more installment plans

Who puts a stop to The Man
Pander to backhanders?
Course they can 'cos
That's just part and parcel of
The humdrum in the hustle and

Everything is fine
Everything is fine
Everything is
Anodyne the mind with dreams
They're selling from a Transit van

The future is not what it was
The future is not as good as it was
The future is not what it was
The future is not as good as it was

(Everything's okay)

They're coughing up the coffers
For a doffing off the coppers
While they're stocking up the coffins
Something rotten in the office
Drop the ball and blame all of the other
Players for the failure, well
In the end the movie had nothing on the trailer

And the cops are sleeping
While the shops are robbing us
The jobs are taken and the boss
Is a snob who thinks that time
Is cheating him
His wife is doing the same
Life is greeting us
With a 'Fuck you and good day'

The future is not what it was
The future is not as good as it was
The future is not what it was
The future is not as good as it was

(Everything's okay)