>>1156The capital raises the rents and the state raises the benefits
Then you can cheat a little with the ironclad wage laws
And even pay a lower salary than the price of food and rent
Because the state is all too happy to help when the cost of living becomes far too high
Side by side, together they help each other
The state and the capital, they sit in the same boat
But they are not the ones who row, who row so the sweat runs
And the whip that cracks doesn’t even tickle their fat necks
The building of the day care system is regulated by the business cycle
Then women are given their place in the economic structure
A cheap labour force reserve, on hand when the factories whistle
Pushed back again by lack of resources, if the wheel of profitability suddenly slows
Side by side, together they go forth
The state and the capital, two wolves in sheep’s clothing
The capital needs manpower, and the state delivers
The one hand knows exactly what it is that the other one does
The school’s purpose is, of course, to school the labour force
If the brooms are to sweep well, one mustn’t be careless with the handles
Blocks and quotas and testing programme is a system to separate
The chaff from the wheat and put every person in their place
Side by side, together they help each other
The state and the capital, they sit in the same boat
But they are not the ones who row, who row so the sweat runs
And the whip that cracks doesn’t even tickle their fat necks
The tempo is increased at the machines, here we drill the elite
The production has no room for one who has been too badly worn down
But so nobody will think that there’s something wrong with the heavy shifts
He’s seen as suffering from illness and is treated by the oh so merciful health care system
Side by side, together they go forth
The state and the capital, two wolves in sheep’s clothing
The capital needs manpower, and the state delivers
The one hand knows exactly what it is that the other one does
So now we build a society by corporative principles
And learn to respect things that we don’t understand
To each and everyone his own slice of the growing surplus
The capital for the capitalists, and for the paupers the benefits
Side by side, together they help each other
The state and the capital, they sit in the same boat
But they are not the ones who row, who row so the sweat runs
And the whip that cracks doesn’t even tickle their fat necks