The Age Of Self

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[Verse 1]
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They say the working class is dead, we're all consumers now
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They say that we have moved ahead, we're all just people now
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There's people doing 'frightfully well' there's others on the shelf
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But never mind the second kind this is the age of self

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[Chorus]
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And it seems to me if we forget our roots and where we stand
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The movement will disintegrate like castles built on sand

[Verse 2]
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They say we need new images to help our movement grow
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They say that life is broader based as if we didn't know
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While Martin J. and Robert Maxwell play with printer's ink
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The workers 'round the world still die for Rio Tinto Zinc

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[Chorus]
        Gm                          D
And it seems to me if we forget our roots and where we stand
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The movement will disintegrate like castles built on sand
                 Gm
Castles built on sand