The Big Payback

(Mick Kennedy)

I read the newspaper nearly every day
Can't believe a word that they say
The Ozone is failing, the sea's gonna boil
And pretty soon we're gonna run out of oil
And that's a fact
That's a fact
We sold our souls to the devil
Now it's time for the big payback

I turn on the tv want to be entertained
But there's nothing on the damned thing but anger and pain
Everybody's fighting, shouting with rage
With a bunch of darned fools centre stage
And that's a fact
That's a fact
We sold our souls to the devil
Now it's time for the big payback

I turn on the radio to hear what they say
But the bad bad news just won't go away
The icecaps are melting, the forests are dead
And half of the world is begging for bread
And that's a fact
That's a fact
We sold our souls to the devil
Now it's time for the big payback

Give me a reason, I just can’t see
How we got caught up in this stupidity
We poison the water, we poison the food
Destroy everything that might be good
And that's a fact
That's a fact
We sold our souls to the devil
Now it's time for the big payback

Now I'm not saying I'm better than you
I've sat at the table and I've had my fill too
All gimme gimme gimme, and give me some more
But now it's five to midnight, and there’s someone at the door
And that's a fact
That's a fact
We sold our souls to the devil
Now it's time for the big payback

We sold our souls to the devil
Now it's time for the big payback
The big payback, the big payback
We sold our souls to the devil
Now it's time for the big payback