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Once, long ago there was a time in what now seems a distant land |
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Each small boutique was precious and unique |
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Then there came a revolution |
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The progress of production was its aim |
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Now instead of one, there were many |
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And each costs just a penny |
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But every single one looks just the same |
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Now there's a Starbucks on every bloody corner |
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McDonald's on everybody's street |
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There's a White Castle, Wendy's and Walmart |
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And then it all repeats |
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If you're th kind that looks down on the masses |
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Even for you there's a feint |
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Get some New Rocks or a pair of Docs |
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Look just like those who ain't |
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And that is how (Tell us how) |
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It came to be (How can it be?) |
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After two long centuries |
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That in the name (What's in a name?) |
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Of human greed |
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The industrial revolution fixed everything for me |
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And so now if one does will with a business |
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They open two more and then three |
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They buy in bulk in big massive hulks |
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At which points it's nearly free |
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As they grow bigger their prices get lower |
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Until they become a chain |
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The smaller stores all shut their doors and buckle 'neath the strain |
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And that is how (Tell us how) |
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It came to be (How can it be?) |
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After two long centuries |
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That in the name (What's in a name?) |
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Of human greed |
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The industrial revolution fixed everything for everyone |
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It came into our lives and gave us uniformity by taking choice away from you and me |
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And that is how (Tell us how) |
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It came to be (How can it be?) |
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After two long centuries |
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That in the name (What's in a name?) |
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Of human greed |
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The industrial revolution fixed everything for for every bloody one |
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It came into our lives and gave us uniformity by taking choice away from you |
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(Taking choice away from me) |
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Taking choice away from you and me |
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Now the machines are working tirelessly |
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Through all night and day |
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Making garbage in our image |
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For a world that's made our way |
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And they won't stop until every inch |
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From Peru to Bombay |
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Looks like a mall in the US of A |
