Sponsor Sponsor (40 years on) Lyrics

My hands have been on the door so long

That I know the shove

That marks the approach of the iron fist

In the velvet glove

I'll make the customary compromise

With a conscience I'll anaesthetise

Until it wakes when the distance calls

Through the hole in your border walls.

(Sponsor, sponsor) show me your other side

(Sponsor, sponsor) the side that you like to hide

(Sponsor, sponsor) my heart is a broken line

(Sponsor, sponsor) your signature failed to find

(Sponsor, sponsor) and in the rooms of choice

(Sponsor, sponsor) you've been fitting me with a voice

(Sponsor, sponsor) would you follow me through the fence

(Sponsor, sponsor) to your empires of silence?

The third party tapped at the window pane

With empty hands

We let him into a minor clause

At the foot of our plans

The sponsor likes to show his hands are clean

But keeps his portrait in a room unseen

So never mind the flannel and the soap

Just hand me over the envelope.

(Sponsor, sponsor) show me your other side

(Sponsor, sponsor) the side that you like to hide

(Sponsor, sponsor) my heart is a broken line

(Sponsor, sponsor) your signature failed to find

(Sponsor, sponsor) and in the rooms of choice

(Sponsor, sponsor) you've been fitting me with a voice

(Sponsor, sponsor) would you follow me through the fence

(Sponsor, sponsor) to your empires of silence?