The wheelbarrow's fallen 

Look at my hands 

They've found some surplus cheaper hands 

Rubbing palms and pick and choose, 

who will they choose? Here is the news. 



Look at that building, look at this man 

Haloed and whitewashed 

Gone to find a cheaper hand 

he'll offer a pound, offer a pound. 



Green grow the rushes go 

Green grow the rushes go 

Green grow the rushes go 

The compass points the workers home 



Pay for your freedom, find another gate 

Guilt by associate, the rushes wilted a long time ago 

Guilty as you go 



Stay off that highway, word is it's not so safe 

The grasses that hide the greenback 

The amber waves of gain again 

The amber waves of gain 



Green grow the rushes go 

Green grow the rushes go 

Green grow the rushes go 

The compass points the workers home