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Picture a scene and pull it apart Who owns this field? Who drives that car? Who put up the sign saying this is mine Keep of the grass and keep in line Big big house in the country side Souvenir shops don't close till nine Postcards do when the sun don't shine Please be gone by closing time Picture a scene and pull it apart Who built this house at the very start? Who was forced to work for some food in their hand And some space in the corner of the master's land? Big big house in the country side Souvenir shops don't close till nine Postcards do when the sun don't shine Please be gone by closing time This exploitation based on class Is here in the present like it was in the past History builds an image that we never look behind Someone's giving orders while the rest are kept in line Here it is your heritage SongtexteBased on class and privilege Mr. and Mrs. Average Are thinking "Well this is fine" Living somewhere in between The cardboard box and the limousine Part of their same society Conveniently re-defined Aus Songtexte Mania