Merry Christmas, Maggie Thatcher
 
Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Lee Hall
   
 
Can you hear it in the distance?
Can you sense it far away?
Is it old Rudolph the reindeer?
Is it Santa on his sleigh?
It's heading up to Easington
It's coming down the Tyne
Oh, it's bloody Maggie Thatcher
And Michael Heseltine

  Chorus
So, merry Christmas, Maggie Thatcher
May God's love be with you
We all sing together in one breath
Merry Christmas, Maggie Thatcher
We all celebrate today
'Cause it's one day closer to your death

They've come to raid your stockings
And to steal your Christmas pud
But don't be too downhearted
It's all for your own good
The economic infrastructure
Must be swept away
To make way for call centres
And lower rates of pay

  Chorus

And they've brought their fascist boot boys
And they've brought the boys in blue
And the whole Trade Union Congress
Will be at the party too
And they'll hold hands together
All standing in a line
'Cause they're privatising Santa
This merry Christmas time

  Chorus twice

O my darling, O my darling, O my darling Heseltine
You're a tosser, you're a tosser
And you're just a Tory Swine

 

ELTON JOHN
"Merry Christmas, Maggie Thatcher"
Peachtree Road Special Collector's Edition