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Cloned High Streets
   Rex Tyler, 01.06.2005 · Printable version
 


Cloned High Streets up and down our precious country
The Corporates now rooted to the spot
Their sameness shows a lack of independence
But then the Publics been brainwashed a lot
They couldn't see it happening these last few years
as Specialist Shops have closed down in their wake
to take away the life's blood of communities
and in their place great sleeping monsters
quake
Fighting with each other over Market Share
ever bigger/ open 24 hours
Sundays are not sacred, even Bank Holidays!
this is really how they've used their powers!

To kid us that by them being open 7 days
and selling Out of Season foods each day
That all of us will bow down to our Masters
For whereever we shop sameness fills our day

And so the vast majority have got there
Every town's the same where ere we go
Unfair Trade is rife
we say we enjoy life
and the poor are getting poorer as we know