Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards Lyrics

Lyric discussion by fez_1985 

Cover art for Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards lyrics by Billy Bragg

The missing lyrics you couldnt work out are as follows

It may have been Camelot for Jack and Jaqueline But on the Hugo Chavez highway filling up with gasoline Little Donald Rumsfeld spies a rich lady who's crying Over luxury's disappointment So he walks over and he's trying To sympathize with her But he thinks that he should warn her To prepare to be bombed back into the Stone Age

In the former Soviet Union the citizens' demand To know why they're still the target Of Strategic Air Command And they shake their fists in anger And respectfully suggest That we take the money from our missiles and Spend it on our hospitals instead

The Cold War now is over But the stakes are getting higher I'm frightened of collateral damage and of friendly fire And I don't believe we can defeat no Axis of Evil By putting smart bombs in the hands of dumb people

Mixing pop and politics, they ask me what the use is I offer up my acupuncturist, my masseuses While looking down the corridor Out to where my ego is waiting I'm looking for the New World Order

Jumble sales are organized All my mates got back Even after all this time you can still send me a fax You can be active with the activists or Sleep in with the (MEDIA) I'm waiting for the great leap forwards

One leap forwards, two leaps back Will YouTube give MTV the sack? Waiting for the great leap forwards

Well, here comes the future and you can't run from it If you've got a (TATTOO HENRY) I wanna be on it, mate Waiting for the great leap forwards

In a perfect world we'd all sing in tune but This is reality, not American Idol Waiting for the great leap forwards

So join the struggle while you may The revolution is just an ethical haircut away (WHILE YOUR) Waiting for the great leap forwards

There is another version somewhere on youtube, cant find it right now which has the line

'If you got a MySpace I wanna be on it'

in place of

'If you've got a (TATTOO HENRY) I wanna be on it, mate'