I had it all wrong
I thought there was that ideal
but I talked to Oliver
and he said                     
“Girl, you’ll never know.
Last night I went to the food pantry
and they said kid wash up so
we can give you some soap.”

And I said “Wait,
I thought you were saved for real.”
He said, “Babe, I’m over
sixteen now.  I’m
not quite so clean now.
The man doesn’t save anymore I don’t think,

‘Cause I brought it all on myself
I got in with the wrong crowd.”

Not even Dickens,
can write well enough
To convince the world
that the poor are quite poor
Not stupid
Or unworthy
And since this world
prefers s*** to gold
Why don’t we rise
and sing this song
‘Cause they don’t
even like Oliver Twist

No,      they don’t
even like Oliver Twist

So I shook my head,
I couldn’t understand what was wrong
I guess he says Babe,
But everyone does that now
So I went to the head,
“What’s wrong with England now?’'
And he said, “Kid,
We’re all a business now

I guess I knew,
That this was gonna happen sometime
Everyone said
Get rid of politics
So we stamped it out
And corruption isn’t gone
You wanna be free?
Freedom isn’t here

Not even Dickens,
can write well enough
To convince the world
that the poor are quite poor
Not stupid
Or unworthy
And since this world
prefers s*** to gold
Why don’t we rise
and sing this song
‘Cause they don’t
even like Oliver Twist

No,      they don’t
even like Oliver Twist