You pay the rent, pay the rent, pay the rent
Get up, go work and go to bed again
As Sure as eggs, sure eggs
As sure as eggs is eggs you need to pay the rent
Pay the rent, pay the rent ---
The rent; the rent, the rent is due again….
Again. Again and forever!

The clock ticks ever on
Beneath a dim, indifferent sun
But tomorrow never comes
Neither for you, or for yours sons

You are chained unto the work
Diggin’ the bowels of the Earth
An’ your worksong’s never heard
By man or beast or bird

You pay the rent, pay the rent, pay the rent
Get up, go work and go to bed again
As Sure as eggs, sure eggs
As sure as eggs is eggs you need to pay the rent
Pay the rent, pay the rent ---
The rent; the rent, the rent is due again….
Again. Again and forever!

You are working a shop
With all the shutters locked
Got one eye on the clock
But your shift is never up

Time for rounds down on the ward
Where the patients can’t be cured
Such trauma makes you ill
But you hide the way you feel

You pay the rent, pay the rent, pay the rent
Get up, go work and go to bed again
As Sure as eggs, sure eggs
As sure as eggs is eggs you need to pay the rent
Pay the rent, pay the rent ---
The rent; the rent, the rent is due again….
Again. Again and forever!

We make money on the game
We’ve put the prices up again
We want a weaker pound
Bank on disaster in this crowd

The Sovereign Self seeks only wealth,
For this will scorch the Earth
They promised to teach us how to serf….

You pay the rent, pay the rent, pay the rent
Get up, go work and go to bed again
As Sure as eggs, sure eggs
As sure as eggs is eggs you need to pay the rent
Pay the rent, pay the rent ---
The rent; the rent, the rent is due again….
Again. Again and forever!