Popsongs

Citizen Fish

You'll never make the charts - charts - if you sing about repression 
Cos pretending to be in control - in control - is a national obsession 
Even when the self-control is let loose as aggression - aggression 
"Oh you know he doesn't mean it man","It's is natural expression" 
"It's is natural expression" 
Some say the constant hammering is following the beat 
And popsongs heard to pass the time will break up the routine 
In some hazy day pre-radio you'd hear the hammers sing 
Now they shout above the popsongs, go unnoticed and give in 
Go unnoticed and give in 
It claims to break up the routine, become a part of it - part of hit 
But no signs of improvement in the way the hammers hit 
You see the way the workers act when the chains relax a bit 
Does it indicate their mental state as happy clean and fit? 
Happy clean and fit? 
After daylong happy tunes it's prime reaction time 
Blob out horizontal to the spectacle sublime 
Replacing conversation space with pleasantries that rhyme 
Have a good weekend folks, just make sure you're back by nine 
Just make sure you're back by nine 
So when the batteries went flat - flat - and the D.J. went off air 
The atmosphere in the factory made everyone aware 
They'd been replacing interaction with dependency on sound 
So when the popsongs came back on they turned the whole thing down 
So when the popsongs came back on they turned the whole thing down