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Billy Bragg Waiting for The Great Leap Forwards Here are the song lyrics for Waiting for The Great Leap Forwards by Billy Bragg. For more excellent Billy Bragg lyrics, run a search! It may have been camelot for jack and jacqueline But on the che guevara highway filling up with gasoline Fidel castros brother spies a rich lady whos crying Over luxurys disappointment So he walks over and hes trying To sympathise with her but he thinks that he should warn her That the third world is just around the corner In the soviet union a scientist is blinded By the resumption of nuclear testing and he is reminded That dr robert oppenheimers optimism fell At the first hurdle In the cheese pavilion and the only noise I hear Is the sound of someone stacking chairs And mopping up spilt beer And someone asking questions and basking in the light Of the fifteen fame filled minutes of the fanzine writer Mixing pop and politics he asks me what the use is I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses While looking down the corridor Out to where the van is waiting Im looking for the great leap forwards Jumble sales are organised and pamphlets have been posted Even after closing time theres still parties to be hosted You can be active with the activists Or sleep in with the sleepers While youre waiting for the great leap forwards One leap forward, two leaps back Will politics get me the sack? Here comes the future and you cant run from it If youve got a blacklist I want to be on it Its a mighty long way down rock n roll From top of the pops to drawing the dole If no one seems to understand Start your own revolution and cut out the middleman In a perfect world wed all sing in tune But this is reality so give me some room So join the struggle while you may The revolution is just a t-shirt away Waiting for the great leap forwards
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