The Best of Hands

The country's in the very best of hands
The best of hands ... the best of hands

Wilf Owen says the National Debt has never been so high
And government expenditures are climbing to the sky
It makes a fellow get a gleam of pride within his eye
To see how our economy expands
The country's in the very best of hands.

You ought to see the cabinet when they're drawing up a bill
Whereas and to wits are used to gild the bitter pill
Such legal terminology would give your heart a thrill
There's phrases there that no-one understands
The country's in the very best of hands

Don't you believe those party hacks and ministers are dumb
When they run into problems that are tough to overcome
They leave them to a thing they call a referenderum
Let people vote according to their glands
The country's in the very best of hands

They sit around on this place they've got
This parliamentary parking lot
Just sit around on their you know what
Up there they calls 'em their thighbones

Dem bones dem bones gonna rise again
Gonna exercise the franchise again
Gonna tax us up to out eyes again
When they get off' n their thigh bones

The country's in the very best of hands
The best of hands... the best of hands

Those Labourites and Nationals each hate the other one
They're always criticizing how the country should be run
But neither tells the public what the other's been and done
So long as no-one knows where no-one stands
The country's in the very best of hands

They sit around in the place they're at
Where elected members have always sat
Just sit around on their excess fat
Up there they call 'em their thighbones

The country's in the very best of hands
The best of hands ... the best of hands

At six o'clock you hear the cry "It's time you gentlemen please"
They tip you out upon the street to let you stand and freeze
The only place to get a drink is dear old Bellamies
There's someone swilling all your favourite brands
The country's in the very best of hands