Siòbhan - Welfare State lyrics

When I was just a baby, I looked up at me ma And asked her for a couple of feckin' quid At school at seven years, I cried some bitter tears They wouldn't let me root inside the rubbish bins And soon I could be found sitting on the ground Starting at the folks walking by Scratching my privates, with a twinkle in my eye The times were lookin' thin, but the government stepped in And sent me to a special bloody school Sent my parents loads of friggin' money just the same And taught this boy to play by the rules And the years were kind to me, I got my PHD A house a car a beautiful wife But sometimes you know I feel, They robbed my of my life Chorus: Now the bank has come to call To repossess it all And I can't f**in' wait ‘Cause I was born to be a homeless man in the modern welfare state Now my a** was out of Yale, I rode the corporate rails Fed my kids with silver bloody spoons At night I put my head on a thousand dollar bed Safe and warm inside this cocoon But my dreams were full of fire, of chaos and desire And floods to change the night to the day And watching this whole world slowly washing away Chorus: Now the rent is overdue, the wife and I are through The kids have run away to live in peace And for $19.99, I've bought a box of wine And my hair and clothes are soiled up with grease So let the ba*tards come and see this ruddy bum Now that I am gentle and wise For all these bloody years, I was a hobo in disguise