[00:00:00] 2016 - Beans On Toast [00:00:00] Written by:Jay McAllister [00:00:00] Count yourself [00:00:02] Lucky for the minutes [00:00:05] The hours and the days [00:00:07] They were singing in the street [00:00:10] When David Bowie passed away [00:00:13] And he left behind a message [00:00:16] Without a shadow of a doubt [00:00:18] Stand up for what is right [00:00:21] Stand up for it now [00:00:24] And I'm slap bang in the middle [00:00:27] Of this life that I lead [00:00:29] And it feels as though society's [00:00:32] Collapsing at the seams [00:00:35] And everybody knows it's happening [00:00:38] Still nobody does anything [00:00:41] Welcome to 2016 [00:00:46] With it's referendums and it's algorithms [00:00:49] A sudden rise of fascism [00:00:52] That's fueled by a religious war [00:00:54] The return of the football hooligan [00:00:57] You can say goodbye to Muhammad Ali [00:01:00] Say hello to 2016 [00:01:05] Well you can say goodbye to Prince as well [00:01:08] Say hello to laws that still [00:01:11] Prevent gay people getting married [00:01:14] The dinosaurs are not evolving [00:01:16] The matters go from bad to worse [00:01:19] You can see it in the eyes of the homelessness [00:01:22] But that don't bother Nigel Farage [00:01:25] Boris Johnson or Michael Gove [00:01:27] Self righteous [00:01:29] Self serving twats [00:01:30] Telling us we want our country back [00:01:33] Until we're voted out by a majority [00:01:35] Who are petrified of refugees [00:01:38] But not economic slavery [00:01:42] Well I whitewashed my Facebook feed [00:01:44] So everyone believes what I believe [00:01:47] But believing this stuff don't sell papers [00:01:50] Hey look son here's another terrorist [00:01:53] Here's some more terror [00:01:54] Here's some more terrorism [00:01:55] Here's another dead kid without any reason [00:01:58] Some more propaganda [00:01:59] Public relations [00:02:01] Another bloody war followed by a pay cut [00:02:04] Here's a new prime minister [00:02:05] Here's a new king [00:02:06] Welcome to 2016 [00:02:13] Well I remember when Terry Wogan died [00:02:16] They were flogging off the public land [00:02:18] So that they could frack underneath [00:02:21] To please a few conservatives [00:02:24] Ignoring scientific fact [00:02:26] That it's bad for the planet [00:02:28] And it's bad for your health [00:02:29] The media government corporation [00:02:32] Sold your soul to their old school friends [00:02:35] With A levels in the Panama papers [00:02:38] And GCSEs in arms manufacturers [00:02:41] The transatlantic TTIP deal [00:02:43] Is pretty much the end of us all [00:02:46] And the only ones who benefit [00:02:49] Are the very people that invented it [00:02:51] And the lesser of two evils wins [00:02:54] Time and time and time again [00:02:57] Welcome to 2016 [00:03:04] Born to lose and live to win [00:03:07] The words of Lemmy Kilmister [00:03:09] Who lived his life without regret [00:03:12] But he was sad of the state [00:03:14] Of the world that he left [00:03:15] And Guy Clark didn't sing for the money [00:03:18] And Howard Marks did what he wanted [00:03:21] Victoria she made us laugh [00:03:23] And DJ Derek made us dance [00:03:26] And now we're holding back the tears [00:03:29] More than any other year [00:03:31] And they're playing a Merle Haggard song [00:03:34] When Donald Duck steps to the throne [00:03:37] And tells us to hate Mickey Mouse [00:03:40] If we want to live in Walt Disney's house [00:03:43] An angry white man on a microphone [00:03:46] With his finger on the button and a nuclear code [00:03:49] But here we are right now today [00:03:52] Just hoping that it will go away [00:03:55] But we know that's not how the world works [00:03:58] And if we want to sort it out [00:03:59] We've gotta do it ourselves [00:04:01] Try to picture a planet [00:04:02] That you want to live on [00:04:04] If you want to build a future [00:04:05] You gotta start from the bottom [00:04:07] Try to think of something [00:04:08] You can do to help [00:04:09] It doesn't matter how small [00:04:11] Everything's gonna count