hammer, stirrup & anvil

our glorious leader

declares by decree: 'the music of the glorious state from this time on will be

square-jawed and dreary

for the good of us all.'

hammer

stirrup and anvil under state control

my name is dimitri

man of some renown

in this symphony of spies i keep my ear to the ground

stave

crochet and quaver

under the editor's scrawl

hammer

stirrup and anvil under state control

an operetta for our leader

a quartet for the drawer

he gets the rank cantatas

and i keep the score

a libretto for the death camps

some day you'll hear them all

hammer

stirrup and anvil under state control

hammer

stirrup and anvil under state control