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Invisible people with invisible hands Holding very obvious collection cans Anonymous people with anonymous jobs Hurry past for fear of being late for the bus Both will say it's not the way I intended to be Knowing that the other guy has all he could need The homeless have got all the time and all of it to share The workers have got all the cash and none of it to spare Invisible people with invisible feet Taxi cab potential knowing every street Anonymous people with anonymous cars Rolling up the windows as they drive on past If these were all your relatives then which one would you feed? Would the power you get from money disappear if it was free? Isn't it therefore obvious that in this society There's poverty and hunger due to other people's greed, other people's greed Invisible people from invisible homes Lost the job, their rent went up out on their own Anonymous people with anonymous lives Reliant on superiors to keep them alive Cos when it comes right down to it the structure is the same SongtexteControl requires acceptance that you have to play the game The power of money trickles down decreasing as it goes And out there in the rain it would be used on food and clothes But social guilt the barrier to giving what is gained To those who have less of it, cuts the last link in the chain Invisibility comes from being constantly in view Ignorance is the passive stance of saying it can't be true - it can't be true Reality shapes itself around perceptions of the self Until we really need it we refuse to offer help The state that creates homelessness thrives on this attitude Until we smash these limitations and take a wider view Aus Songtexte Mania