Industrial Revolutions
The Wheel Of Fortune turns around
Bringing Railway tracks to Northern Towns
Industrial Revolutions
The Wheel Of Fortune turns again
Bringing Microchips and social change
We came down from the farms and the hills
To work in Factories and Mills
To be the workshop of the economy
Back then we still had identity
Industrial Revolutions
The Wheel Of Fortune turns around
Bringing Railway tracks to Northern Towns
Industrial Revolutions
The Wheel Of Fortune turns again
Bringing Microchips and social change
The world got smaller through technology
Bringing cheap imports
We closed our factories and fishing ports
And lost control of our borders
Bringing us disorder
The City has become like a foreign place
So it's back to the country to find some space
OK we've got global communication
But we're losing our sense of nation
Industrial Revolutions
The Wheel Of Fortune spinnin' too fast
How long can identity last?
Industrial Revolutions, Industrial Revolutions
Put on the breaks, For goodness sake
How long's it gonna take
Before we see the downside
Of Industrial Revolutions?
We're only human beings, not machines
Not meant to live like sardines