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I can remember when this was the future |
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Where it was gonna be at then |
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Why don't we turn the whole bloody lot down |
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And make a new start all over again? |
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I can recall utopian thinking |
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Bold mission statements and tightening of belts |
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Demolition of familiar landmarks |
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Promises made and deals that were dealt |
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This used to be the future |
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Where it was gonna be at then |
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Let's turn the whole bloody lot down |
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And start all over again |
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But that future was exciting |
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Science fiction made fact |
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Now all we have to look forward to |
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Is a sort of suicide pact |
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Was it the dear old future |
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That created the problems we face? |
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How do we deal with the fallout |
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Of the age we used to call space? |
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I can remember planning for leisure |
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Living in peace and freedom from fear |
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Science that promised to make us a new world |
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Religion and prejudice disappear |
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I can remember when this was the future |
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Where it was gonna be at back then |
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Now religion and nuclear energy have united |
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To threaten, oh God! Amen |
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This used to be the future |
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Where it was at back then |
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Now religion and nuclear energy have united |
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Oh God! Amen |
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Was it the dear old future |
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That created the problems we face? |
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How do we deal with the fallout |
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Of the age we used to call space? |
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This used to be the future |
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Where it was at back then |
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Let's turn the whole bloody lot down |
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And start all over again |
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Amen |