Come on in
It’s the last chance saloon. This is the last chance saloon
That fruit machine blew all the fuses in the place
But that handle still gets pulled again and again
Disgusted punters turn away, they’ve always got the blues, ‘cos those lemons keep tumbling in tantalising twos
And three lemons are needed for the jackpot to pay, some say the old landlord took one of the lemons away
Some zombie’s going to croon
Never mind being in tune
But hey!
There’s a party going on
Don’t you feel the party going on?
And the songs are getting better
Don’t call last orders just yet, there’s time for another duet
Another round at least, too soon to end the feast, another spin of the old fruit machine
You’re drunk with success, when you reap the excess,
But I think you’ve had enough now, mate
Don’t call last orders just yet, don’t ring that bell
Look,
Look!
The cellar’s flooded and the fridge is leaking, the carpet’s sticky and the bogs are reeking
That old piano’s missing so many keys, they’ve been pumping those two pedals for a century
The old landlord hid that plan to rewire the house, that would truly give everybody a shout
Haven’t you got a home to go to?
Music by Roger Sampson; Lyrics and Melody by John Harris
John Harris – Vocals; Roger Sampson – Loops, BVs
Produced by John Harris and Roger Sampson Engineered by Matt Hall at SLW
The fruit machines in the saloon are printing money. Some economists think quantitative easing had an uncertain effect. The effect was, it disappeared into land value. The fruit machines are the bankers lending on land value, and lending on the value that they’ve created. The fruit machines are the economy in general, and three lemons are needed, the three elements of production in classical political economy: Labour, Land, Capital. The interaction of these three makes an economy pay for everyone, and all three are needed for the jackpot to pay, but landlordism took one of the lemons away. Landlords are obviously drunk with success, as they reap the excess, that is,the privatisation of the natural source of public finance. The effects of this dysfunction are having a major effect on natural systems; there is flooding; the fridge is leaking – the polar vortex wind system is breaking down, warm air is getting in, cold air leaking out. The old landlord hid the plans, in that the remedy in classical economics, economics itself, was twisted and subverted to obscure its clear conclusions.
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