FROM THIS COUNTRY THAT'S SICK, SAD & CONFUSED

From July 1986. A #29 hit in the UK singles chart.

Somehow seems apt as winter sets in and the ConLibs set about squeezing the most vulnerable members of society. And over in America, a new sinister right-wing movement gets set to become part of the mainstream. Gee, its good to be alive.

Beneath the old iron bridges, across the victorian parks,
& all the frightened people running home before dark,
Past the Saturday morning cinema that lies crumbling to the ground,
& the piss stinking shopping centre in the new side of town.
I've come to smell the seasons change, & watch the city,
as the sun goes down again.

Here comes another winter, of long shadows & high hopes,
Here comes another winter, waitin for utopia,
Waitin for hell to freeze over.

This is the land, where nothing changes,
the land of red buses & blue blooded babies,
This is the place, where pensioners are raped,
& the hearts are being cut, from the welfare state,
Let the poor drink the milk, while the rich eat the honey,
Let the bums count their blessings, while they count the money.

So many people, can't express what's on their minds,
Nobody knows them & nobody ever will,
Until their backs are broken & their dreams are stolen,
& they can't get what they want, then they're gonna get angry!
Well it ain't written in the papers, but its written on the walls
The way this country is divided to fall,
So the cranes are moving on the skyline
Trying to knock down this town
But the stains on the heartland, can never be removed,
from this country, that's sick, sad, and confused.

Here comes another winter, of long shadows & high hopes,
Here comes another winter, waitin for utopia,
Waitin for hell to freeze over.

The ammunition's being passed, and the lords been praised,
But the wars on the televisions will never be explained,
All the bankers gettin sweaty, beneath their white collars,
As the pound in our pocket, turns into a dollar.

This is the 51st state of the U.S.A.

mp3 : The The - Heartland
mp3 : The The - Sweet Bird Of Truth
mp3 : The The - Born In The New S.A.

All ripped direct from vinyl. Sweet Bird Of Truth is an extended and different mix of the version of the song that appears on the Infected LP