New Model Army

Grandmother's Footsteps

New Model Army


Come with me my little innocents 
there's a game that we can play 
see how much we can change your world 
while you look the other way 
turn around as if to see 
if you can catch us cheat 
and all you'll find are shining presents 
laid down at your feet... 
take the bait.. 
take the bait.. 
take the bait.. 

Television is flash and Coke is nice 
and you can have the rest 
dream those dreams you've always had 
of wealth and power and sex 
we'll run your mines, your factories 
and we'll take our little toll 
and you can have these missiles too 
while we maintain control. 

Creeping, creeping footsteps around the world 
around the world 
while they promised us 
everything we've ever wanted,ever wanted. 
(*2) 

Hush now,don't you cry (cry) 
don't you realise your crime... 
your crime... 
your crime... 
your crime... 
your crime... 

Like lambs go to the slaughterhouse 
we know our rights from wrongs 
and we go down to the shopping-mall 
with 30 silver coins 
and somewhere out in South America 
where the forests lie in ruin 
they shout - we'd better get these natives some clothes 
because their videos are coming in soon... 

Creeping,creeping footsteps...