all fall down

Singer: billy bragg

councillors

magistrates

men of renown

who needs to live in a dirty old town?

yes

come on

tear it down

who needs the trees and the flowers to grow?

we can have a motorway with motorway dough

i know

i know

they've got to go

tear them down

mess them round

make a mockery of all of the crowds

and if you ever have a sleepless night

just count out your money

it will be all right

politicians

planners

go look at what you've done

your madness is making a machine of everyone

but one day your machine might turn on

we'll tear you down

mess you round

and bury you deep under the ground

and we'll dance on you grave till the flowers return

and the trees tell us secrets it took ages to learn

we'll tear you down

we'll tear you down

mess you round

and bury you deep under the ground

and we'll dance on you grave till the flowers return

and the trees tell us secrets it took ages to learn

we'll tear you down

Lyric Context: all fall down - billy bragg