'Your Country Needs You' by Martin Day
There's a printer in your office, a computer in your chair,
Your cards are on the table. It's not that we don't care.
You've really been no trouble, but just in case you are
Computers don't join Unions. Would you leave the company car.You try to find a job, but an indiscretion years ago,
Is down in your records, and you'll never even know.
Computers don't forget, and you'll never clear your name.
Unforgiving they'll ensure that you never work again.So it's, Congratulations Sir, you've been especially selected,
Congratulations, your country needs you on the dole.
Congratulations Sir, you've been especially selected,
Congratulations, your country needs you on the dole.Supply and demand, the difference is deep,
And many jobless people means the labour is cheep.
That keeps the profits rising, but you can't expect a share.
You see them in their massive motors, and they say there's none to spare.So it's, Congratulations Sir, you've been especially selected,
Britain can be Great again if you just play your role
Private sector needs incentive, so your pay's been redirected
Congratulations, your country needs you on the dole.© M Day 06-Dec-1984



I'm Martin Day. Please 