LYRIC FOR SALE

By Farkas Pungur - Brisbane AU

[Intro – spoken over soft intro 8-12 bars]
"Please hold..."
"Your call is important to us..."
"Application number four-fifty-one..."
[Soft sarcastic voice] – Sorry, Denied

[Verse 1]
My head was full of clever dream
I needed a stamp to make it real
([female voice] - “Take a seat! – It won’t be long!”
[chorus relay] - "Same old story, same old song!"

Taxpayer standing another year in line,
Paying for a system that's wasting my time.
A clock with no hands hanging on the wall,
Time don't matter here at all.

[automated voice] - File number four-fifty-one
One more minute and I’ll be done,
The desk man says - [male voice] "This isn’t my floor..."
With boring face, he sends me next door.

Endless queue here left and right
I’ll never see today’s sunlight
I proceed to window three
Just to find someone to disagree

[Chorus -church quire style group]
This is not my department!
Take a number and ask the government!
Pending approval... please hold the line.
Application denied... better luck maybe next time.

Sign it here and stamp it there,
Freedom's waiting... maybe somewhere.
Round and round till the end of the day,
Everybody's dancing the bureaucratic way.

[Verse 2]
You need a permission
To sign it here
Come back tomorrow
And make an appeal

[Everybody shouts it loud!]
PENDING APPROVAL!
One more form!
PENDING APPROVAL!
Just one more reform!

PENDING APPROVAL!
One more office!
PENDING APPROVAL!
No more justice!

[phone automated message voice]
“Your call is important to us!”
“Your application is pending!”
“You have missing pages!”
“Call us back and resubmit!”

[Chorus -church quire style group]
This is not my department!
Take a number and ask the government!
Pending approval... please hold the line.
Application denied... better luck maybe next time.

Sign it here and stamp it there,
Freedom's waiting... maybe somewhere.
Round and round till the end of the day,
Everybody's dancing the bureaucratic way.

Whoever knows it... practice it!
Whoever don't... teaching it!
Sign it here, stamp it there,
Freedom's waiting... maybe somewhere.

This is not my department!
Take a number and ask the government!
Pending approval... please hold the line.
Application denied... better luck maybe next time.

Sign it here and stamp it there,
Freedom's waiting... maybe somewhere.
Round and round till the end of the day,
Everybody's dancing the bureaucratic way.