Songs For Swinging Norms And Proles

I follow you, you follow me, I follow you, you follow me,
The law is words:-"You follow me, I follow you," we read the words,
We likewise climb-the moral code is tonight cold-we likewise stop,
You think a thought-you write your thought-I follow you-I think the thought,
I want a job-you follow me-you get a job-we have a job,
I go for God-you go for God-then people say God just ain't "in",
You forget God-I forget God-we alike act-I obey you,
The Daily Mail says Wilson's mad-you papers read-thus Wilson's mad,
You enjoy Bond-so I read Bond-we talk of Bond-I enjoy Bond,
You adore fags-I see you smoke-I follow you-we adore fags,
I'm ruled by words on small-print forms, you wrote the forms, you're ruled by words,
We battle on, each copying-phase after phase-the other's life,
I say I'm new-you say you're new-we likewise act-we are not new,
I follow you, you follow me, I follow you, you follow me.

by Gerald O'Hagan


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