Lyrics Chumbawamba – Hammer, Stirrup & Anvil
Text:
Our Glorious Leader
Declares by decree:
‘The music of the Glorious State from this time on will be
Square-jawed and dreary
For the good of us all.’
Hammer, stirrup and anvil under state control
Hammer, stirrup and anvil under state control
My name is Dimitri
Man of some renown
In this symphony of spies I keep my ear to the ground
Stave, crochet and quaver
Under the editor’s scrawl
Hammer, stirrup and anvil under state control
An operetta for our leader
A quartet for the drawer
He gets the rank cantatas
And I keep the score
A libretto for the death camps
Some day you’ll hear them all
Hammer, stirrup and anvil under state control
Hammer, stirrup and anvil under state control
Album
Chumbawamba – Chumbawamba - ABCDEFG
Chumbawamba – Puccini Said
Chumbawamba – Introduction
Chumbawamba – Voices, That’s All
Chumbawamba – Pickle
Chumbawamba – Wagner At The Opera
Chumbawamba – Underground
Chumbawamba – Torturing James Hetfield
Chumbawamba – The Devil’s Interval
Chumbawamba – Hammer, Stirrup & Anvil
Chumbawamba – Dance, Idiot, Dance
Chumbawamba – That Same So–So Tune
Chumbawamba – Singing Out The Days
Chumbawamba – You Don’t Exist
Chumbawamba – The Song Collector
Chumbawamba – Missed
Chumbawamba – Ratatatay
Chumbawamba – New York Song