This song is timeless, and nearly 20 years after its creation, still possesses the mystique it did the first time i heard it ~1994. To me, at first blush, all those years ago, it had some kind of homo-erotic allure. The line "so that the others may do" tells of something which must be done for others to follow suit. It felt like like some kind of roxy-glam-pop invitation to sexual liberation.
Upon further introspection I think the song may not have an intrinsic meaning, but simply represents a sort of "holding open the door" for people who otherwise might be affronted by this song/band's unusual style. I know, as a sort of armchair rock-historian, that there have been few bands so daring and so true to the sound that wanted to emerge from within, whether the creator wanted it or not. This band handled it with elegance and grace seldom, if ever, seen.
Lets kick out the Tories
The rulers of this land
For they are the enemies
Of the British working man
And it shows, while that bastard is in unemployment grows
And it shows, in hospitals, factories and
The schools that they've closed.
Evil will triumph,if good men say nothing
Evil will triumph, if good men do nothing
And it shows, while that bastard is in unemployment grows
And it shows, from Toxteth down to the Crumlin Road.
Lets overthrow them soon
Can't you see what they're trying to do
We'll all be frying soon
Can't you see what they're trying to do
Lets overthrow them soon
Can't you see what they're trying to do
They just abuse their power
Both black and white are being screwed.
Don't believe every thing that you read in the press
Don't believe what you read
The rulers of this land
For they are the enemies
Of the British working man
And it shows, while that bastard is in unemployment grows
And it shows, in hospitals, factories and
The schools that they've closed.
Evil will triumph,if good men say nothing
Evil will triumph, if good men do nothing
And it shows, while that bastard is in unemployment grows
And it shows, from Toxteth down to the Crumlin Road.
Lets overthrow them soon
Can't you see what they're trying to do
We'll all be frying soon
Can't you see what they're trying to do
Lets overthrow them soon
Can't you see what they're trying to do
They just abuse their power
Both black and white are being screwed.
Don't believe every thing that you read in the press
Don't believe what you read
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Kick Out the Tories Lyrics as written by Steve Drewett
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