Zola Budd - Chumbawamba

She’s a slip of a girl to be out of school She’s a product of apartheid She won her spurs under minority rule She’s a product of apartheid Afrikaners run the best In bare feet and british vest "she’s a slip of a girl but at least she’s white" "she’s a slip of a girl […]

Yup And Under - Chumbawamba

Yuppies, i’ve been taught, Are keen on sport Two slices wholemeal loaf Into towelette jogging suit Once round the park Quick game of squash Staving off a heart attack With f-plan diet and filofax In a world where Participation can be bought Yuppies, i’ve been taught Are keen on sport

Younger Moralists - Chumbawamba

Here in the comfort of a favorite chair Or smugly from the tap room at the whitehorse I can prove mathematically Just when and when not to take up arms When to fight and when to surrender (chorus) This way or that way or this way or that way Bang on the dustbin lids here […]

You Can’t Trust Anyone Nowadays - Chumbawamba

You can’t trust anyone nowadays (repeat) Brown shirts don’t make it (repeat) I’m not so brave and i’m not too crazy And i’d rather be a coward than pushing up daisies Never rocked the boat, never tipped the scales Never got off the fence, never had that much to say So when i get a […]

Www Dot - Chumbawamba

With a w and a w and a w dot With a w and a w and a w dot With a w and a w and a w dot Ooh mr. murdoch can i show you around? A new religion, no beat no rhythm Just wal-mart wall to wall A kodak baby in the […]

Wormkind - Chumbawamba

Creation, not so much out of the blue as Once upon a time there was a pile of brown And out of that brown grew pips and seeds And worms crawled from out of that brown And life flourished and multiplied, multiplied And pips and seeds grew into plants and trees And bore fruit which […]

Whilst Stocks Last - Chumbawamba

It’s the old stock car thing Crash! smash! crash! ring! Round the track and round again Crash! smash! crash! ring! Revving, coughing, stutt-stutt-stuttering Tongue-in-cheek scrap motor racing Crash! smash! crash! ring! Crash! smash! crash! ring! Revving, coughing, stutt-stutt-stuttering Tongue-in-cheek scrap motor racing Crash! smash! crash! ring! Crash! smash! crash! ring! Write-offs end, stock cars begin […]

Where Did The Chinaman Go? - Chumbawamba

Where did the chinaman go? Where did the chinaman go? Bowled out of favor when the paceman move in As pitches got faster with no turn or spin "bowl faster, bowl at him, bowl bodyline If we can’t get him out, we’ll make him retire!" Where did the chinaman go? Where did the chinaman go? […]

We Want Beans Not Goals - Chumbawamba

Remember mexico ’86? "dirty" diego, the saint and greaves All covering up the cracks of an economic crisis What the cameras don’t show the viewers won’t notice Earthquake victims still in shacks And 5,000 steelworkers given the sack The protestors demanding beans not goals The reality hidden as the spectacle prevails Create a diversion, hide […]

We Support All Forms Of Resistance Against This Racist System (part Ii) - Chumbawamba

Don’t respect your choice of opinion If your choice is a racist system ‘freedom of speech’–it’s a worthless cause As long as freedom is defined by laws We support all forms of resistance Against this racist system You tell us to sit and wait You say we have to beat the racists in open debate […]