Take, take, take, takin' what you don't need
You'll get, get, gettin' what you don't need
Stand back, take a look and take heed
All the children in god's kingdom bleed
See the networks of concrete and steel
They've no mystery but what they reveal
Tells a story of a future that's void
Of the beauty and the majesty that life on
Earth is meant to be
Talk, talk, talk, talk about the government
And not a word about political favor
Everything touched is my political choice
The life you take is your political voice
The sacred cows come crashing to their knees
Golden harvest reaped without intelligence
There's no chance between the heavens and the seas
In a blood bath don't laugh
Grab your piece of golden calf
Waste not want not pick it up
Waste not want not pick it up
Waste not want not pick it up
Waste not want not
Do unto others as you wish be done to you
There's a million lies 'round everything true
You slaughter when you feast
You disrespect the beast
Make our beds and lie there, take your share
Waste not want not pick it up
Waste not want not pick it up
Waste not want not pick it up
Pick it up and eat it
Waste not want not
Waste Not, Want Not
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2000 MILES 2000 Miles [DVD] 2000 Miles [Isle of View Version] 977 977 A Very Precious Love Agolo ALL MY DREAMS Almost Perfect Alone Angel of the Morning Angel of the Morning [Original Version][#] Baby's Breath Baby's Breath BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG Back on the Chain Gang [From the King of Comedy] Bad Boys Get Spanked Bad Boys Get Spanked [Live][#] Biker BIRDS OF PARADISE Birds of Paradise [Live][#] Boots of Chinese Plastic Boots of Chinese Plastic [DVD] Brass In Pocket Brass in Pocket [DVD] Brass in Pocket [DVD] [*] Break Up the Concrete Break Up the Concrete [DVD] Breakfast in Bed CHILL FACTOR Clean Up Woman Complex Person CRIMINAL Criminal [DVD] Cuban Slide Cuban Slide [DVD] Dance DANCE! Dance! [Full Length Version] DAY AFTER DAY Day After Day [Live][#] DON'T GET ME WRONG Don't Get Me Wrong Don’t Cut Your Hair (live) Dont Get Me Wrong Downtown Downtown (Akron) Dragway 42 EVERY MOTHER'S SON Every Mother's Son Fools Must Die Fools Must Die [Live][#] FOREVER YOUNG From The Heart Down Good Bye Goodbye Have Yourself a Merry Christmas Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Hold A Candle To This Hollywood Perfume Holy Commotion HOW MUCH DID YOU GET FOR YOUR SOUL? Human Human (Tin Tin Out Remix) Human [Class Mix] Human [Class] HYMN TO HER I GO TO SLEEP I Got You Babe I HURT YOU I Hurt You [Denmark Street Demo][#][*] I REMEMBER YOU I Should Of I'LL STAND BY YOU I'M A MOTHER I'm Not In Love I'm Special I'll Stand By You I'm A Mother I'm Not In Love If There Was A Man Jealous Dogs KID Kid [DVD] Kinda Nice, I Like It Kinda Nice, I Like It. Legalise Me Let's Make A Pact Let's Make A Pact Lie to Me Light Of The Moon Live and Let Die Louie Louie Louie Louie [Live][#] Louie, Louie Louie, Louie [DVD] LOVE COLOURS LOVERS OF TODAY Lovers of Today [Live] Loving You Is All I Know Lust for Life MESSAGE OF LOVE Middle Of The Road Middle Of The Road V.1 MIDDLE OF THE ROAD v.2 Millionaires Money [Live] Money Talk MY BABY MY CITY WAS GONE My City Was Gone [DVD] MYSTERY ACHIEVEMENT Nails in the Road Never Do That Never Do That [DVD] NIGHT IN MY VEINS No Guarantee Nobody Loves Me (Like My Baby) Nothing Breaks Like a Heart One More Time One Thing Never Changed PACK IT UP Pack It Up [Radio Mix - Outtake][#][Outtake] Pennies From Heaven Popstar PRECIOUS Precious (Live) Precious [DVD] Precious [Live][#] Precious [Regent Park Demo][#] PRIVATE LIFE Private Life [Live] Private Life [Live][#] Rabo de Nube REBEL ROCK ME REVOLUTION Revolution [Live] ROOM FULL OF MIRRORS Samurai Samurai [Street Version] Saving Grace Sense Of Purpose SHOW ME Something to Believe In Space Invader Spiritual High (State of Independence) Stop Your Sobbering STOP YOUR SOBBING Stop Your Sobbing [Demo Version] Stop Your Sobbing [DVD] TALK OF THE TOWN Talk of the Town [DVD] Tattooed Love Boys TEQUILA Tequila [#] Tequila [DVD] THE ADULTRESS The Adultress [DVD] The Adultress [Live][#] THE ENGLISH ROSES The English Roses [Live][#] The Last Ride The Losing The Nothing Maker THE PHONE CALL The Phone Call [#][Demo Version] The Wait The Wait [Single Version] THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE THUMBELINA Time Time (Junior's Ambient Mix) Time (Junior's Mixshow) Time [Album Version] Time [Earth Anthem] Time [Earth Beats] Time [Earthstrumental] Time [Percapella][Mix] TIME THE AVENGER TRADITION OF LOVE Up the Neck Up the Neck [Live][#] Walk Like a Panther WASTE NOT WANT NOT WATCHING THE CLOTHES Watching the Clothes [DeNmark Street Demo][#] What You Gonna Do About It WHEN I CHANGE MY LIFE When I Change My Life [Alternate Version][Alternat... When I Change My Life [Denmark Street Demo][#][*] When Will I See You When Will I See You? When You Say Nothing At All Who's Who Who's Who You Didn't Have To You Didn't Have To You Know Who Your Friends Are
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