The Great Depression Lyrics

Lyric discussion by quamp 

Cover art for The Great Depression lyrics by Jam, The

It's another song about how they were promised lots of good things but instead got the shaft. There's no sense of purpose in having good things in life when everything around you has gone to pot. A cliche of the time was "You have to fight tooth and nail just to get the basics in life." Paul is suggesting that this isn't the way one should go.