Who fight for the rights of man and they abuse them
They break all the laws and pretend to protect them
They eat the fish and they sell the scales a dear gem
They smash and grab nations and others they condemn
And they say we have made this civilization
They’ve polluted the world by their so called wisdom
They have poisoned the people with chemicals made
They have ruined the conduct of man and seldom
Like the Vikings they haven’t made a disturbing raid
And they say we have made this civilization
They killed millions of people in the first world war
And they killed even more in the second world war
Prepared criminals like them were not known before
Look at their warships sheltered to pillage e’ery shore
And they say we have made this civilization
God was patient with Greece and the Roman Empire
He was patient with the Ottoman Turk to rule
He was pat’ent with Hitler who had a voice like fire
Where are those powers who have gone like a whirlpool
Can they say now we h’ve made this civilization?
This is only a hint for those dec’itful powers
To change their attitude toward the weaker nations
Tomorrow they’ll be welting like passion flowers
Be’ng destined to fall with their civilization
8/1984