Ten Years Ago Lyrics - Singles - Roy Harper

Well, the generations come 

Hoy-polloy or chewing gum 

Bad manners still in style 

And a very low profile 

As the new wave rebel hoards 

Scribble balls on notice boards 

And the old wave hierarchy 

Try to take 'em seriously 

Because they have to 

Ten years ago 

I was dreamin' 

Upstart youth and rebels all 

Who have faded to the wall 

Counting points of social scale 

While our water brother whale 

Meets extinction on the seas 

On a million wounded knees 

While the tax man robs the poor 

Like he's always done before 

Whatever system 

Ten years ago 

We were dreamin' 

There are men employing men 

Employing men, employing men 

Employing men, employing men 

Who fill in forms, employing men 

That forms a queue of paperwork 

Clear stretching out into the mirk 

So that nine-tenths don't produce 

Holding ransom calling truce 

And looking dangerous 

Ten years ago 

Were we dreamin'? 

Ten years ago 

Were we dreamin'? 

Ten years ago 

We were dreamin' 

Yeah, yeah, yeah 

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