SCENE: THE WORKHOUSE.
BEADLE BROWN IS APPROACHED BY OLIVER, CARRYING A BOWL.
BEADLE BROWN
What is it, boy?
OLIVER
Please sir, can I throw this away?
CAST (SING)
That’s what sell by-dates are for -
Toss it out and buy some more!
Hugh says poultry farming’s cru…el
But we don’t f**king care -
Until a salmonella scare.
Metal sowing crates are cru-el
But Danepak’s cheap, so we British don’t mind.
Stuff our guts, fill ourselves up with stodge
Till artr'ies fur. No wonder we're feeling quite ill
When we all close our eyes and imag...ine
Food, gluttonous food!
Cheap offers and flog offs!
Sales gimmicks include:
Loyalty points and BOGOFS;
Value meals with Disney toys.
It's sweeping the nation,
We all of us have it boys
Con-sti-pation!
Food, gluttonous food! Food, gluttonous food!
We’ve all of us tried it
Three pig outs a day -
We all need to diet.
Let's just hope the scales don’t break -
You should see us nude!
Oh, food,
Plentiful food,
Fattening food,
Gluttonous food.
Food, gluttonous food!
Served a la John Prescott
Gulped, swallowed, then spewed -
Then force down a fresh lot.
That’s all Prezza wrote about!
Counting with a sigh
Piled bundles of notes, about
Six feet high!
Food, gluttonous food!
Buy so much more than you
Need, throw out the rest.
Millions starve. How can you
Wasteful bastards sleep at night?
Don't mean to be rude
But food,
The world needs food
Precious food,
Leave them some food!
Food, gluttonous food!
Oh bugger it looks like
We've run out of crude!
The oil comp'ny crooks strike,
Esso and Shell getting fat -
Pump prices go reeling,
Commodity betting that
Knows no ceiling...
So let us burn food!
Our motors we need more
Than rain forest or
Crops that could feed the poor!
Why should we walk anywhere
Just 'cos the planet's screwed?
Oh food,
Biofuel food,
Pitiless food,
Fattening food,
Up again food,
Gone to waste food,
Gluttonous food!