A nation of the finest shopkeepers
Now a nation of cloudy eyed checkout girls
Career opportunities love

You can stack the shelves
Or if you're lucky you can work the tills
And all the lads are packed off fighting

Now that you'd know
'Cause no one ever says a word
Blair's legacy a barrel of oil

Depression recession
It's a mess a bloody mess and that's all


Hello we're the generation
Who do what we're told
By the corporation hello

Hello we're the generation
Who do what we're told
By the corporations hello


A nation of the finest shopkeepers
Now a nation that's quietly answering calls

Career opportunities love
You can man the phones
If you're lucky you'll scrub the floors

And all the lads are packed off fighting
They never knew
Thought that they might see the world

Shellshocked in a dusty old hell hole
Wishing for the kisses
Of a cloudy eyed checkout girl

Yeah that's all

Hello we're the generation

Who do what we're told
By the corporation hello
Hello we're the generation

Who do what we're told
By the corporations hello
Oh hello

Hello Hello Hello
Generation corporation hello
Hello we're the generation

Who do what we're told
By the corporation hello