They said history died
On a poll tracker tide
And the rest is all fake news

Get yourself in line
The wind's howlin' wild
And the floods are settin' in

For all firemen and teachers
And the migrant nurses
Both leavers and takers
Even post-truth bakers

We don't take no AAA

Come on it's everywhere
Don't you see it
That Christmas ballot's coming
Like a sliver


Since two-thousand-and-eight
When the Scrooge got bailed
Santa never came to town

Rough sleepers got shelter
By the high street corners
Where the signs all say shut down

For those who got failed
Whizz kid and snail
Wrapping Christmas gifts for all

On a gig job down in a fulfilment center store

It's everywhere
Don't you see it
That Christmas ballot's coming
Let them shiver


Well it gripped my mind
Just the other day
What would ol'John Merrick say

About social care
And disarmed men
Forced to work on clutch and wheel

For the children and carers
And the legal aider
And the flyer of buses, trucks and trains and rugs
Let's all say it loud, austerity's just a con

Come on it's everywhere
Do you see it
That Christmas ballot's coming
Make'em quiver


When the sick kids sleep
On the cold cold floor
Of some godforsaken ward

And collective health care's
To be sold
To the man that rigs the show

And Dickensian drags
And Gogolian brags
Have no eyes or heart to watch

You better know your friend Pericles is turning over in his grave

Come on it's everywhere
Do you see it
The tide of hope stirs high
Let them shiver

Come on it's everywhere
Don’t you see it

Charlie Havoc

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