Stratospheric

(The Gospel according to St Paul)

Macca’s band is on the run
He won’t be happy till he’s made another ton,
And young Stella’s star is burning bright,
Don’t tell me nepotism aint right
It’s all in the name
All part of the game
Livin’ life on a different plane
Yeah livin’ their lives on a different plane;

City of Culture, city of light,
Gotta get his share, it’s only right,
Working hard I don’t play for free,
What’s in it for me?
Use my name; it’s all part of the game
It’s all in the name;
Yeah all part of the game
Livin’ life on a different plane
Yeah livin’ their lives on private planes;

John can’t be here, he’s otherwise engaged,
But Yoko’ll pick up the cheque,
You know how she’s made,
Yeah she makes it in spades;
The parasitic widow of the rising sun,
Living off the past, the dark shadow of a gun;
She knows it’s all in the name,
Yeah all in his name…
To her it’s just another, bloody, money game;
Livin’ her life on a different plane
Yeah livin’ her life on a private plane;

Ringo, he’ll go along for the ride
A black taxi, no need to hide
The need for greed that we all gotta feed;
The avarice lurking deep inside;
Only poor old George is left outside
Yeah poor old George is left outside
Shuffled off his mortal coil
Not much reward for all that earthly toil;
George’s living his life on a different plane
Yeah a private life on Gods own plane;
It’s all in the name
Yeah all part of life’s futile game,
Yeah living our lives and taking Gods name in vain.

City of culture, city of rogues;
Teenage killings and touching up Kylie Minouge;
But that’s ok; we all gotta need, all gotta feed…
Filling our face, our hearts full of greed,
Money grubbing losers, at the trough of voracity;
Mouths open wide, yawning in apathy;
Scooping up the dregs, with gluttoness rapacity;
Too dumb to realise lives filled with shame,
Yeah we all wanna live our lives on another plane,
All wanna play at life’s fame game
God got lost...
Got lost in our search for fame,
He lives his life on a different plane,
But he’s got the name; yeah he’s got the name,
Livin’ his life at the top of the game
Yeah livin’ his life in a private plane…

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