Cast of Thousands - The Adverts

You’re living in other peoples lives

Doesn’t seem to be doing you a lot of use

Believing in other peoples lies

It’s getting pretty hard to tell the truth

When you read the papers

When you read the papers

You’re being told the easy side of life

Exactly as it appears from the outside

Now you know why the truth comes in disguise

It’s the backward side, so who wants a ride

When you read the papers

When you read the papers

When you get to heaven

You’ll meet them all again

The cast of thousands

Spouting out of the corporate pen

Demanding our money

To make up something new

Starring new combinations

Of the tried and twisted crew

All the human torches

Catching fire

Corrupt officials

Getting caught

Poor and the needy

Robbers and killers

Bankrupt stars

Competitions with their commissions

Win the home of your dreams

Rape

Runaway wives

Other peoples lives

Births

Deaths

Money left

Murder

Divorce

Suicide

Political intrigues

Hospital cases

British weapons to foreign places

Earthquake

Flood

Bodies in the mud

Poison

Crowds

A cast of thousands

God man, open fire

A cast of thousands, especially for you