Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards Billy Bragg

[Verse 1]
It may have been Camelot for Jack and Jacqueline
But on the Che Guevara highway filling up with gasoline
Fidel Castro's brother spies a rich lady who's crying
Over luxury's disappointment so he walks over and he's trying
To sympathise with her
But he thinks that he should warn her
That the Third World is just around the corner

[Verse 2]
In the Soviet Union a scientist is blinded
By the resumption of nuclear testing and he is reminded
That Dr Robert Oppenheimer's optimism fell
At the first hurdle

[Verse 3]
In the Cheese Pavilion and the only noise I hear
Is the sound of someone stacking chairs and mopping up spilled beer
And someone asking questions
And basking in the light
Of the fifteen fame-filled minutes of the fanzine writer

[Verse 4]
Mixing pop and politics he asks me what the use is
I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses
While looking down the corridor
Out to where the van is waiting
I'm looking for the Great Leap Forward