Call It Freedom Songtext

Glittering shop windows, sparkling commodities Aladdin's caves of treasures, consumer's paradise Patrolling the windows with clubs and uniforms Security guards protect all this wealth And they call it "Freedom", they call it "Being Free" They call it "Being Free", they call it "Freedom" Single woman with three children, living in a suitcase Scared to go out at night, scared of pushers and muggers Got no place to cook, lives on fish and chips and cornflakes The doctor gave her valium, said it would help her nerves And they call it "Freedom", they call it "Being Free" They call it "Being Free", they call it "Freedom" Across there on the other side, behind the "Iron Curtain" People rise and go to work, they've got no unemployment They've got nobody dying cause they can't afford to eat They've got nobody dying cause they can't afford a home They've got nobody dying cause they can't afford a doctor They've got nobody dying cause they can't afford to live But they don't have "Freedom", we're told that isn't being free We're told that isn't being free, we're told that isn't "Freedom" So just remember if you're starving, you've got the freedom to starve And if you're homeless, then you're free to have no home And if you can't afford a doctor, well, you're free to die of sickness You're just exercising free choice in the free world and having freedom