Chumbawamba - Hammer, Stirrup & Anvil Lyrics

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