First Past the Post
Fugitive Orchestra
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First Past the post, past the mark with the most gets the prize There's a faint smell of fear, the disillusionment is clear You can see it in their eyes And you can't explain how your friendship With that newspaper-billionaire might have muddied the waters So take out your little red briefcase, who knows where this will end But what's the point of this job, the point of this career If you can't help out your friends 'Cause we're all in this together Aboard this ship of fools Should we stay or should we go? How am I to know? When we bend and break the rules First past the post, past the mark with the most gets ahead The opinion-polls are in, so you pour another gin and get ready for the dread So smile to the camera, wave to the press You're playing this game but it's not like all the rest But when they try to press you to your promises, they'll find that ship has sailed And all is fair in love and war, and on the campaign trail 'Cause we're all in this together Whether you're blue or red Should we stay or should we go? Well how was I to know? I just loaded the gun and fled And nothing else matters with a pen in your hand They're part of a system that you don't understand Soon it will be clear, it's all part of the plan Call it 'democracy', but it's more like sleight of hand And nothing else matters with a pen in your hand They're part of a system that you don't understand Soon it will be clear, it's all part of the plan Call it 'democracy', but it's more like sleight of hand (We lost the war, but we'll win the battle) And nothing else matters with a pen in your hand They're part of a system that you don't understand Soon it will be clear, it's all part of the plan Call it 'democracy', but it's more like sleight of hand (We lost the war, but we'll win the battle) And nothing else matters with a pen in your hand They're part of a system that you don't understand Soon it will be clear, it's all part of the plan Call it 'democracy', but it's more like sleight of hand And nothing else matters with a pen in your hand They're part of a system that you don't understand Soon it will be clear, it's all part of the plan Call it 'democracy', but it's more like sleight of hand
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