Go Set Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards lyrics

Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards by Go Set

Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards lyrics

It may have been Camelot for Jack and Jacqueline 
But on the Che Guevara highway filling up with gasoline 
Fidel Castro's brother spies a rich lady who's crying 
Over luxury's disappointment 
So he walks over and he's trying 
To sympathies with her but he thinks that he should warn her 
That the Third World is just around the corner 
In the Soviet Union a scientist is blinded 
By the resumption of nuclear testing and he is reminded 
That Dr Robert Oppenheimer's optimism fell 
At the first hurdle
In the Cheese Pavilion and the only noise I hear 
Is the sound of someone stacking chairs 
And mopping up spilt beer 
And someone asking questions and basking in the light 
Of the fifteen fame filled minutes of the fanzine writer
Mixing Pop and Politics he asks me what the use is 
I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses 
While looking down the corridor 
Out to where the van is waiting 
I'm looking for the Great Leap Forwards
Jumble sales are organised and pamphlets have been posted 
Even after closing time there's still parties to be hosted 
You can be active with the activists 
Or sleep in with the sleepers 
While you're waiting for the Great Leap Forwards 
One leap forward, two leaps back 
Will politics get me the sack?
Here comes the future and you can't run from it 
If you've got a blacklist I want to be on it
It's a mighty long way down rock 'n roll 
From Top of the Pops to drawing the dole
If no one seems to understand 
Start your own revolution and cut out the middleman
In a perfect world we'd all sing in tune 
But this is reality so give me some room
So join the struggle while you may 
The Revolution is just a T-shirt away 
Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards