THE CREATIVE MARTYRS

"The List"

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Let us take your details

Voluntary and confidential

Our database never fails

Name, number, and residential

We won't pass anything on

We want you all to ourselves

Please trust that nothing goes wrong

Into your files we shall delve

Good evening, Madame,

May I have your number?

Do not tell - I think you are number one

May I say you have fine shoes?

They suit you down to the ground

Let us take your details

You can share them with anyone

It's the World Wide information stage

It's everywhere, it's only just begun

Our list is ever growing

So much to find out

To be ever knowing

Some rules we might flout

But we won't tell you

You're on the list

Yes, you – You're on the list

You're on the list

And you are on the list

You're on the list

Especially you – You're on the list

You're on the list

Even you are on the list

And you are on the list

Madame, you look like the kind of lady

Who wishes to give me their vital statistics

No?

And you, sir, do you have a job?

And if so do you pay your taxes?

Let us take your details

You really have no choice

To us your insignificance pales

You really have no voice

We will take your details

All the places that you go

Everything day-to-day

And you won't even know

Because you matter to us

Your statistics are vital

And you, sir, 

I hope you have an occupation

And proof that you pay your taxes

Did you notice a subtle difference

The moment when things turned?

It's amazing with all that warning

That none of you have learned

This is how it will be from now on

There is no going back

Can you account for all that you've done?

Those sensibilities you lack

Yes, you – You're on the list

You're on the list

And you are on the list

You're on the list

Especially you - You're on the list

How about some of that dirty mouth trumpet?

[Dirty mouth trumpet bridge]

That one looks rather red

This one's a funny hue

That one – definitely pink

And you, we know all about you

This one seems intellectual - Ha!

That one's got a funny look

We're really not sure about those ones

Why don't you put them in the book

Have you heard what these ones are saying?

Have you seen what they have done?

Don't you know what they've been a-thinking?

It's not the way that we do

Their heads need some shrinking 

And their ideals do too, do too

Put them on the list

Oh, there's no one we have missed

Put them on the list

It proves that you exist

Put them on the list

This information we can twist

They'll stay on the list

Traitors in our midst

You're on the list

Yes, you – You're on the list

You're on the list

And you – 

You could assist