Golden handshakes, secret signs
 
 Walls have ears and telephone lines
 
 Judge and defendant, sacred brothers
 
 Drop the charge and accuse the others
 
  
  They make history, they make the law 
 
 (The brotherhood)
 
 They make money, they make war 
 
 (The brotherhood)
 
 Power corrupts and power succeeds 
 
 (The brotherhood)
 
 And you take the whip right down on your knees
 
 (The brotherhood)
  
 
 The butcher, the baker,
 
 The candlestick maker
 
 The whole of the Government 
 
 And its caretaker
 
 Doctors and lawyers, priests and crooks
 
 Some unemployed just to cook old books
 
 Their hearts seem cold 
 
 And their minds are sick
 
 The things they'll do just to get their kicks
 
 Spirit has spread right across the nation
 
 In forty-eight percent of the population
  
 
 They make history, they make the law 
 
 (The brotherhood)
 
 They make money and they make war 
 
 (The brotherhood)
 
 Power corrupts and power succeeds 
 
 (The brotherhood)
 
 You have to join the club to get what you need
 
 (The brotherhood)
  
 
 They make history, they make the law 
 
 (The brotherhood)
 
 They make money and they make war 
 
 (The brotherhood)
 
 Power corrupts and power succeeds 
 
 (The brotherhood)
 
 I may be a drag but I don't brag 
 
 (The brotherhood)
  
 
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