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We were made redundant upon the first of June,
The hard word came from personnel on a Friday afternoon
They told us "don't come monday folks your jobs have relocated,"
Indian workers are low paid so we had been downgraded. 

CHORUS
Ah me lads, they dropped us in the poo - poo,
Forget about the global trade the economy is snafu,
Cut costs increase your turnover, the argument still rages
But how can we buy their products if we don't get any wages

All the lads and lasses then were signing on the welfare,
Queueing to claim benefits for food and clothes and healthcare.
No - one has a job round here, they're very hard to come by,
The call centres have shut up shop and moved away to Mumbai

CHORUS
Ah me lads, they dropped us in the poo - poo,
Forget about the global trade the economy is snafu,
Cut costs increase your turnover, the argument still rages
But how can we buy their products if we don't get any wages.

Now accountants rule the roost no logical appeal works
First they closed the factories, the coal mines and the steelworks,
They tore apart communities pursuing more efficiency,
Not seeing their projections had one major deficiency.

CHORUS
Ah me lads, they dropped us in the poo - poo,
Forget about the global trade the economy is snafu,
Cut costs increase your turnover, the argument still rages
But how can we buy their products if we don't get any wages.