None the Wiser

The kids are in the back seat
Tiny headphones in their ears
Queuing in the fast lane for the mall
Mum and dad are struggling
It’s not been right for years
But how they love their brand new car interior smell
I just had an hour with their financial advisor
He’s a nice chap but I’m none the wiser

Out here in our market towns
With our pound shops and our bookies
The ARGOS catalogue is our tormentor
I saw a young lad and his mum
He all but held her hand
As they went in to the army recruiting centre
I just had my monthly meet with the job club supervisor
As she signed me off I was completely none the wiser

Someone’s daughter’s selling phone sex
Just to pay her student loan back
She does it best to emulate the sound of choking
It’s not the strongest that go forward
It’s the ones that can adapt
You can bet Charles Darwin wasn’t joking
While in the five star saunas of the hotel trip advisor
it’s always business business business
And it’s always none the wiser

We point the finger and we laugh at Christ
As he walks out on the water
And we undermine the faithful with our teasing
But in the bowels of the bank of England now
They’re sacrificing chickens to a god they call quantitative easing
To the masters of the universe we are naught but fertilizer
What kind of beast is man

So lets have the truth the whole truth
Nothing but the truth we cry
But the sound bitten demand is oh so hollow
We are each of us subscribers until the day we die
And truth like that is way too big to swallow
So I’ve got my repeat prescription for my favourite tranquilizer
As soon as that kicks in
I know I’ll be none the wiser

Oh the kids are in the backseat
Tiny headphones in their ears.