Richard Thompson performed a song about Margaret Thatcher on his Rumour and Sigh album called "Mother Knows Best." Here's part of his take on the Iron Lady:
She got a zombie army to serve her well She got a thousand bloodhounds from the gates of hell She got a hundred black horses with sulphur and coal on their breath And she rides the unbelievers down, mother knows best
She says, "Bring me your first born and I'll suck their blood Bring me your poor, I can trample in the mud Bring me your visionaries, I can put out their eyes And bring me your scholars, I'll have them all lobotomized 'Cause mother knows best"
The song is an onslaught of guitar. One critic once said Thompson was playing with such rage that he could barely keep his right hand on the fretboard.
She tells everybody she was born in a ditch. She back combs her hair so she looks like a witch. Wolves in her train, serpents suckle at her breast. Don't forget to wash behind your ears 'cause mother knows best.
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She got a zombie army to serve her well
She got a thousand bloodhounds from the gates of hell
She got a hundred black horses with sulphur and coal on their breath
And she rides the unbelievers down, mother knows best
She says, "Bring me your first born and I'll suck their blood
Bring me your poor, I can trample in the mud
Bring me your visionaries, I can put out their eyes
And bring me your scholars, I'll have them all lobotomized
'Cause mother knows best"
The song is an onslaught of guitar. One critic once said Thompson was playing with such rage that he could barely keep his right hand on the fretboard.
She tells everybody she was born in a ditch.
She back combs her hair so she looks like a witch.
Wolves in her train, serpents suckle at her breast.
Don't forget to wash behind your ears 'cause mother knows best.
R.T. didn't like her much.
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