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I'm sick of working on the land
I want to work with machines and look handsome
I have been indulging
In ostentatious display
Doing little more than eat
Three square meals a day
And I've been shirking my duty
So I've been sending gifts to curry favour
But because I love you
And because you love me
A model worker
I'll willingly be
I need a holiday, I've not been well
Take me to the Brocade River Hotel
And I just want to know
While the revolution lasts
Will it enable me
To swallow broken glass!
I'm not too worried by hegemony
I know the cadre will look after me
And I just want to know while the revolution lasts
Will it enable me to swallow broken glass!
I have been indulging in ostentatious display
Doing little more than eat three square meals a day
But because I love you...
I want to work with machines and look handsome
I have been indulging
In ostentatious display
Doing little more than eat
Three square meals a day
And I've been shirking my duty
So I've been sending gifts to curry favour
But because I love you
And because you love me
A model worker
I'll willingly be
I need a holiday, I've not been well
Take me to the Brocade River Hotel
And I just want to know
While the revolution lasts
Will it enable me
To swallow broken glass!
I'm not too worried by hegemony
I know the cadre will look after me
And I just want to know while the revolution lasts
Will it enable me to swallow broken glass!
I have been indulging in ostentatious display
Doing little more than eat three square meals a day
But because I love you...
Lyrics submitted by Shades, edited by evangelinej
Model Worker Lyrics as written by David Tomlinson Barry Adamson
Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY, Mute Song Limited
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I always thought it was drawing parallels between the West and East - communist and capitalist workers wanting to try something a little different, knowing it will probably be the same. A great and wacky song! Magazine at their best.