Turn Things Upside Down

Lyrics

Oh the world is overburdened with the idle and the rich Basking in the sunshine while we plod in the ditch But we will put some mettle in their fingers and their thumbs For we'll turn things upside down when the Revolution comes Oh we'll turn things upside down We'll turn things upside down They'll wonder what has happened When we turn things upside down Plain living may be wholesome, and wondrous virtues may Abound beneath ribs scant of flesh and pockets scant of pay And is may be poverty is best if rightly understood But we'll turn things upside down because we don't want all the good Oh we'll turn things upside down We'll turn things upside down May they thrive on their philosophy When we turn things upside down They've never done extolling the nobility of work But they always take good care their share of toil to shirk Do they send their sons and daughters to the workshop or the mill? Oh we'll turn things upside down: it'll change their tune, it will Then let us now support the cause To overturn the whole lot with their lying and their laws And let us all together put our shoulders to the wheel And we'll turn things upside down, all for the Commonweal Yes, we'll turn things upside down We'll turn things upside down Then life may be worth living... Going to turn things upside down Going to turn things upside down The world will be far better When we turn things upside down