“If history teaches us one thing, Never trust a man who would be king” Billy Bragg song lyric (pre-election day)

The approaching national election in the Ul.SA. has me thinking of some favorite Billy Bragg song lyrics, namely:

WAITING FOR THE GREAT LEAP FRWARD

In a perfect world we’d all sing in tune
But this is reality so give me some room
Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
So join the struggle while you may
The Revolution is just a T-shirt away
Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards

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IDEOLOGY

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

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MID CENTURY MODERN MAN

Now I’m used to people listening to what I have to say
And I found it hard to think that it might help if I just stepped away
Adjusted my perception to reflect reality
And the gap between the man I am and the man I wanna be
Them gap between the man I am and the man I wanna be

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SHOULD HAVE SEEN IT COMING

I should have seen it coming, but I didn’t understand
That hubris is the enemy of best laid plans
Seemed like I was riding high, but my head was in the sand
I should have seen it coming, but I didn’t understand

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THE BUCK DOESNT STOP HERE

If history teaches us one thing
Never trust a man who would be king
Who seeks all power for himself
To burnish his prestige and wealth

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TEN MYSTERIOUS PHOYOS

The conspiracy hacks
The cyberchondriacs
Gripped by their fevered imagination
They’ve switched the filters off
Too much is not enough
You know that you can overdose on information.