Recorded in 2017, this previously unreleased track wasn't quite finished in time for the 'Lies!' album, but unfortunately is probably more relevant now than it was then.
Drums: Isaac Phillips
Bass: Jacob Tyghe
Guitar: Reuben Tyghe
Guitar & Voice: Nick Harper
Lyrics
The Great Food Bank Robbery
Did you hear about The Great Food Bank Robbery?
A gang of desperados on a wild crime spree
A nurse and a teacher and a homeless man
A thug in a wheelchair and an evil plan
The Mail said, “They were armed" yeah with nothing to lose
"They took what they wanted from what there was to choose
They stormed every aisle and ransacked the shelves
As the staff ran a mile just to save themselves"
What's become of this land? What's become of this land? What's become of this land?
When you hear about The Great Food Bank Robbery
Somewhere out there in the postcode lottery
As Mr. Silly-Walks crows - mouthing off at the ministry
That these all time lows - are good signs for society
The custard creams that nobody wanted
We're all out of date
But with some crushed tins of beans and Victoria(n) sponges
You've kinda got your five a day
What’s become of this land? What's become of this land? What's become of this land?
It's the people that make it
And then you hear about The Great Food Bank Robbery
Desperados on a doomed crime spree
A nurse and a teacher and a homeless man
A punk in a wheelchair with an evil plan
And the Mail said “They were armed.” - yeah with nothing to lose
“They took what they fancied from what there was to choose
They stormed every aisle and they ransacked the shelves
The staff ran a mile just to save themselves.”
And the Mail said they were high and probably hooked on drugs
And that no one really knew really knew what it was turning them all into thugs
Just before they were shot the nurse was playing the crowd oh yeah
She was laughing and joking at the end when somebody heard her shout,
The last words she shouted out
"What's become of this land?"
When you hear about The Great Food Bank Robbery