State Vs Jeeves - Paul Heaton, Jacqui Abbott

You’re on benefits

We’re all providing for you

From the streets that we sweep, to the lights whilst you sleep

Is there anything else we can do?

You’re on welfare

And welfare is part of your life

It’s the abuse we forget, to the tax breaks you get

For yourself, your children and wife

And one thing you know from your head to your toe

The confusion that this life achieves

Get yourself mad, don’t get even

'Cause it’s always been State vs. Jeeves

You’re in poverty

Poverty is more than a wage

It’s the team you support, it’s the records you bought

It’s the news that you read on your page

We’re all claimants

Claiming a place on this earth

From the park you were pushed, to the midwife who hushed

The scream on the day of your birth

We’re on scratch cards

Scratching like chickens through dust

Pecking our way through the shit and the hay

And the feeling it’s this life or bust

It’s that hoodie you wear and that look of despair

As the chambermaid catches the thieves

It’s that hate of the state when you’re having your plate

Polished and refilled by Jeeves

Oh, state vs. Jeeves

State vs. Jeeves

Oh, state vs. Jeeves…

One thing you know

Head to your toes

State vs. Jeeves…

Ooh, ooh, oh…