Malvina Reynolds — World in Their Pocket

Chorus: They've got the world in their pocket, pocket, pocket, pocket They've got the world in their pocket And they're up there in control They've got the world in their pocket They can shake it, they can rock it They can kick it for a goal They've got the world in their pocket But their pocket's got a hole There's inflation and pollution Everything's been bought on credit In this rotten institution And they waste the gentle people Cause the system has no soul They've got the world in their pocket But their pocket's got a hole Unemployment is their glory If a million children starve Why that's an old familiar story And there's rage and there's rebellion And there's grief from pole to pole They've got the world in their pocket But their pocket's got a hole (Chorus) Takes a war to keep them perking And they have to bleed the world To keep their bloody system working But the system's self-destructing While they play that gangster role They've got the world in their pocket But their pocket's got a hole They've got the world in their pocket, pocket, pocket, pocket They've got the world in their pocket And they're up there in control They've got the world in their pocket But their pocket's got a hole