Chumbawamba: More whitewashing

Children in school forced to the deskFinger the atlas and study the textLies and opinion presented as factTaught to accept, and never to askThose smiling workers in Ladybird booksThey're not picking coffee at allThey're busy with bricks and mortarBuilding the company wallFlickering pictures hypnotizeWe spend our lives watching others' livesToo much watching to realizeThat this is a smokescreenAnd this is why people dieThose smiling news presentersThey're not reading cue-cards at allThey're busy with brush and bucketWhitewashing the company wallSet yourself up and play it againForce the tears and entertainSing about a world of make-believeForce this charity and leaveRich people who claim to knowWhat's wrong with this world Can't know anything at allThey're busy giving the ordersFor us to build their second homesFlickering pictures hypnotizeFlickering pictures hypnotizeAnd we who take the ordersAnd refuse to question it allWe're busy with spade and BibleBurying the poorBurying the poorMass-manufactured and given awayBlinkers to get you through your daySo you'll never ever know to what extent you're involvedEasily fooled, all your problems solvedYou'll say starvation has nothing to do with youYou saw it in print, so it must be trueAnd the documentary explained it allIt's a simple matter of birth controlAnd if you send a little money you can sleep tonightOr starve in sympathy on a Limmits DietAnd you know that charity cures malnutritionAnd hunger put the sparkle back in televisionHunger put the sparkle back in televisionHunger put the sparkle back in television