"Ship Of State" lyrics
(feat. Renée Fleming)
Capital flows like water, it goeth where it may
Wherever it resistance meets it simply finds another way
Our economic miracle is not some whim of fate
But the implacable will of the market place
Aboard this mighty ship of state
The sunlit islands of the future wait
You may well wish it wasn't so
Parts of the industrial economy will simply have to go
You may deny it is not so
Sad to say you've all become expendable
It's not the time to arbitrate
You'll make yourselves unwanted freight
On the great and glorious ship of state
Wherever it resistance meets it simply finds another way
Our economic miracle is not some whim of fate
But the implacable will of the market place
Aboard this mighty ship of state
The sunlit islands of the future wait
You may well wish it wasn't so
Parts of the industrial economy will simply have to go
You may deny it is not so
Sad to say you've all become expendable
It's not the time to arbitrate
You'll make yourselves unwanted freight
On the great and glorious ship of state
