Things Can Only Get Bitter
Inspired by Things Can Only Get Better – D:ream and The World Is Planned – Galaxia/Red Day
Lyrics by Steve Wallis
Music by Steve Wallis and Jonny Faders
Version 2, 8/10/2008
Dedicated to Tommy Sheridan, Rosie Kane, Salma Yaqoob, George Galloway, Tony Benn, Hilary Benn, Melissa Benn, Shami Chakrabarti, David Lammy, Barack Obama, Konnie Huq, Eamonn McCann, the late Terry Fields, Siân Berry, Nicola Sturgeon and Leanne Wood
Things can only get bitter
Things can only get bitter
Tony Blair was not fair
Gordon Brown is feeling down
Tommy Sheridan and Rosie Kane
Both have a great brain
Salma and Galloway swept Labour away
They showed socialists can win
Now support Tony and Hilary's kin
Melissa Benn is better than the men
Things can only get bitter
John Reid was a big hitter
He orchestrated 1984-style dirty tricks
But now he's retiring from politics
Under Jacqui Smith, freedom is a myth
I like Shami and David Lammy
The man with two jags can pack his bags
Things can only get bitter
Things can only get bitter
I want Melissa to be prime minister
She's over 8,000 votes behind a Tory
Winning would be a great story
If she wins, she would be the youngest ever MP
You need to be a middle aged gent (or woman) to be US president
Or as old as McCain - voting for him would be insane!
Barack Obama could make the world calmer
Things can only get bitter
New Labour said "Things can only get better"
Public borrowing makes us a big debtor
To PFI, Scotland has said goodbye
That money we owe - will we pay? No, no!
Things can only get bitter
Things can only get bitter
Fannie and Freddie - capitalism's no longer steady
The credit crunch exposes the bunch
Of big business allies and their MI5 spies
Even the SWP may help us become free
Now John Rees has gone - MI5's number one
Things can only get bitter
Things can only get bitter
The Left had a Convention
Revolution is our intention
Conspiracies are now in our favour
We may even split New Labour
Konnie Huq for London mayor
Ugly men won't have a prayer
Support Eamonn in Derry
Like Militant's Terry and Siân Berry
Nicola Sturgeon - I'm urging
To lead the SNP so Scotland will be free
Leanne Wood - that socialist could
Beat Labour in Wales
She's better than all the males!
We have recorded the song, which you can download in MP3 format by clicking here.