Robert Wyatt - The Age Of Self lyrics

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They say the working class is dead, we're all consumers now<br />

They say that we have moved ahead - we're all just people now<br />

There's people doing 'frightfully well' there's others on the shelf<br />

But never mind the second kind this is the age of self<br />

They say we need new images to help our movement grow<br />

They say that life is broader based as if we didn't know<br />

While Martin J. and Robert M. play with printer's ink<br />

The workers 'round the world still die for Rio Tinto Zinc<br />

And it seems to me if we forget<br />

Our roots and where we stand<br />

The movement will disintegrate<br />

Like castles built on sand

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