Losers

A will to win big
Streaked tears of elation
Triumph, succeed at all costs
Because no one loves a loser

No one loves a loser

But who shall endure
The crippling pain of defeat?
With the über-beings gone
See the begging bowls of losers

No one loves a loser
No one loves a loser

Urging home the best of the best
Golden reward a third-world debt

That's the trouble
Short-term vision, glitz and pomp
Achievement? What achievements?
A finish line where the crippled foot the cost

No one loves a loser

Souls discarded to build a dream
Dust in the lungs of bristling machines

Jingoistic
Natural order resumed and on show
Paymasters demand
Lavish diversions to sweeten the show

No one loves a loser

Souls discarded to build a dream
Dust in the lungs of bristling machines

The victory is fleeting, the endurance long - Losers
If it's not bombs, it's welfare-stripping, spoils of war - Losers

Souls discarded...
Souls discarded to build a dream

A generation pays, in full for what? - Losers
A re-filling of a pit so bottomless - Losers

Souls discarded...
Souls discarded to build a dream

Losers!