It may have been
Camelot for Jack and Jacqueline
But on the Che Guevara highway
filling up with gasoline
Fidel Castro's brother spies
a rich lady who's crying
Over luxury's disappointment
So he walks over and he's trying
To sympathize with her but he thinks
that he should warn her
That the Third World is
just around the corner
In the Cheese Pavilion and
the only noise I hear
Is the sound of someone stacking chairs
And mopping up spilled beer
And someone asking questions and
basking in the light
Of the fifteen fame-filled minutes minutes
of the fanzine writer
Mixing pop and politics
he asks me what the use is
I offer him embarrassment
and my usual excuses
While looking down the corridor
Out to where the van is waiting
I'm looking for the great leap for
ward
Jumble sales are organized
And pamphlets have been posted
Even after closing time there's
still parties to be hosted
You can be active with the activists
Or sleep in with the sleepers
While you're waiting for the
great leap forwards
Ah, one leap forward, two leaps back
Will politics get me the sack?
Waiting for the great leap forwards
Well, here comes the future
and you can't run from it
If you've got a blacklist,
I want to be on it
Waiting for the great leap forwards
Oh, it's a mighty long way
down rock 'n roll
From "Top of the Pops" to
drawing the dole
You're waiting for the great
leap forwards
If no one out there understands
Then start your own revolution and
cut out the middleman
Waiting for the great leap forward s
In a perfect world we'd all sing in tune
But this is reality so give
me some room
Waiting for the great leap forwards
So join the struggle while you may
The revolution is just a t-shirt away
away
Waiting for the great leap
forwards
Waiting for the great leap
forwards
Waiting for the great leap
forwards
Waiting for the great leap forwards
(Beam me up, Scotty) waiting for
the great leap forward s
Waiting for the great leap
forwards
Waiting for the great leap forward s
Waiting for the great leap
forwards
Waiting for the great leap
forwards
Waiting for the great leap forwards