The Cosh-Stiff Little Fingers

[ti:The Cosh] [ar:Stiff Little Fingers] [al:Live Inspiration] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.23]The Cosh - Stiff Little Fingers (僵硬小指) [00:01.92] [00:14.44]Everything is turning upside down in this town [00:17.45]The crime rate's rising up as employment swoops down [00:20.74]Kids can't trust their parents to protect them no more [00:23.73]And if you're black or Irish you just can't trust the law [00:26.68] [00:33.75]Winos on the corner with no hope and no plan [00:36.63]Kids on 5 quid drug deals waiting for their man [00:39.30] [00:39.94]Estates in states of chaos hatred scrawled on the walls [00:42.98]The men of law and order writhe about on the floor [00:45.85] [00:46.42]And no one dream of living those hopes lie on the rocks [00:49.42]Your newly detached haven is a cardboard box [00:52.37]And it seems and it seems and it seems and it seems [00:55.94]Someone's used the cosh and the country's on its knees [00:58.80]And it seems and it seems and it seems and it seems [01:02.37]Someone's used the cosh and the country's on its knees [01:06.12] [01:13.71]Old folk freeze to death in flats [01:15.07]Where damp streams down the walls [01:16.74]Poll tax bailiffs scream unheard in countless council halls [01:19.78]Plans for new development that never cure the mess [01:22.96]Benefits that won't be paid unless you've an address [01:26.22]And no one dream of living those hopes lie on the rocks [01:29.37]Your newly detached haven is a cardboard box [01:32.56]And it seems and it seems [01:34.01]And it seems and it seems [01:35.79]Someone's used the cosh and the country's on its knees [01:38.81]And it seems and it seems [01:40.41]And it seems and it seems [01:42.32]Someone's used the cosh and the country's down on its knees [01:45.87] [01:47.11]Our welfare state's collapsing and no one seems to care [01:50.27]As long as money's being made and profits there to share [01:53.41]Buy into a service that belonged to you and me [01:56.57]Soon you'll find our country is the UK pic [01:59.22] [02:14.35]No one dream of living those hopes lie on the rocks [02:17.21]Your newly detached haven is a cardboard box [02:20.17]And it seems and it seems [02:21.68]And it seems and it seems [02:23.11] [02:23.61]Someone's used the cosh and the country's on its knees [02:26.37]And it seems and it seems [02:27.96]And it seems and it seems [02:29.89]Someone's used the cosh and the country's on its knees [02:33.94] [02:34.69]Down on its knees down on its knees [02:37.95]Someone's used the cosh and the country's down on its knees [02:41.08]Down on its knees down on its knees [02:44.08] [02:50.30]And it seems and it seems [02:51.93]And it seems and it seems [02:53.87]Someone's used the cosh and the country's on its knees [02:56.69]And it seems and it seems [02:58.16]And it seems and it seems [03:00.18]Someone's used the cosh and the country's on its knees [03:03.01]And it seems and it seems [03:04.52]And it seems and it seems [03:06.47]Someone's used the cosh and the country's on its knees [03:09.15]And it seems and it seems [03:10.78]And it seems and it seems [03:12.27] [03:12.77]Someone's used the cosh and the country's on its knees