Up there on the platform
  He is speaking to the people
  The people are responding
  With clapping and a cheering
  But the meaning of the message
  Not revealed to those assembled
  They're taken for a ride
  Taken in his stride
  
  When the generals talk
  You better listen to him
  When the generals talk
  You better do what he say
  
  There's a rumour in the ranking
  Someone talking insurrection
  So the general has a purge
  'Cos he wants to win elections
  With the certain satisfaction
  That the people are appeased
  Long live the revolution
  The general's very pleased
  
  Sitting on the fence both ears to the ground
  The fat cat's still push the thin cats around
  
  Intoducing the new general school of political diplomacy
  If you disagree, you get annihilated
  Trouble is, we haven't got many generals (in Australia)
  Well, General Motors
  General Credit Corporation
  General Insurance
  They're the worst generals of all, you know