[Intro]

Seriously though

So

The people have spoken

And nobody's really sure what they've said

All we can tell is

They want some changes

[Verse 1]

Dear David

So you're taking the reins from Labour

Just don't handle them with force

Or Lady Britannia could fall from her horse

Not all of us are sure whether you're the right fellow

To weather us to port in this storm;

Although I'm sure that when Gordon was brought in

We'd have been better off trying to talk to a wall

You wanted to be seen as the man down the street

Now you're the man in Downing Street

I'm not asking you to live in a glass house

But we'd be glad to see a bit of transparency

Thatcher's been and smashed the glass roof

But now you've got a grass roof - the thatcher's been

You better watch it doesn't catch a beam

From the grassroots camera's gleam because the heat's on

These days when a scandal's seen

It's like there's no smoke without fire, matches please

People are fed up and hate being treated as second rate

They're ready to see a head on a plate

That's not me by the way, we'd get on as mates

But I'm just saying be ready to take it

[Chorus]

That's just the way that it is

(That's just the way it is)

Ah, yeah (Things'll never be the same)

Ooh yeah (That's just the way it is)

Yep (ah yeah)

[Verse 2]

Ay

I see no changes, all I see is eighties faces

Made up with a public relations facelift

And when Cameron's on camera he makes it

Easy to see his patriot's bracelet

Can you blame our aversion to

Another Tony Blair: version two?

You're the person who's serving us

So we deserve a dude we can trust

But you Tories talk about big society

I thought there was no such thing as society

Thatcher's plans for taxes stank

So let's not go back to that;

But right now, the bankers are laughing

Right back to the bank and it's tragic

MPs need to stop spending expenses

On mending expensive fences, it's offensive to the senses

When it comes down to cash incentives

It's senseless how you splash out

But the comments about class are comments without class

There's not a doubt about that

People who need heating don't give a *bleep*

Whether you've been to Eton

They just want you keep them from freezing

In the bleakest seasons it seems to me that we're being cheated

When we see the sleaze who do we believe in?

You need to rethink your reasons

See, we need a leader, not a devious speaker

Eager to keep secrets beneath a veneer

Keeping people in fear for your career

Isn't the reason you're here, I need to to be clear:

We want someone that'll live up to his promises

Not rhetorical oratory delivered from his orifice

I know it's difficult in politics to run an honest ship

There's a lot of bollocks and a lot of spin

To be honest it's an honour list of onanists

More bothered with their image than the problems of the populace

But I promise this: if you stop grinning

And make it your mission to take criticism on the chin

You'll have the confidences of a lot

Who think that we're on the brink of an apocalypse

[Chorus]

Let's stay positive

(That's just the way it is)

It can't be that bad

(Things'll never be the same)

It probably can be that bad, but

(That's just the way it is, ah yeah)

That's just the way it is

Rest in peace, Gordon Brown's carreer

Rest in peace

That's just the way it is

Do y'know what I mean?