Life in the 20th Century is everything but easy Most people unemployed The young and the old on the dole Fortunately, our modern state Developed methods to keep you out of misery An hour or two spent in a queue Fill twenty files and access to paradise If you're 25, ask for R.M.I. Just stay home and get the fucking money And it's so well made That your debts will be erased Make your best to abuse the system Brave new world remunerating idleness as a part-time job Of course some things are asked to me Go to the ANPE So that they go on paying When all I do is nothing Fortunately it's only two times a week Sometimes you make a sacrifice A tiny pain for a comfortable gain Allowances are falling like rain Like rain If you're 25, ask for R.M.I. Just stay home and get the fucking money And expecting mothers Will even get more Giving a future to the nation And gettin' paid for Stand and deliver profits and benefits GO! Help yourself in the gold mine The witty lead the blind Help yourself in the gold mine Life suddenly comes fine If you're 25, ask for R.M.I. Just stay home and get the fucking money And it's so well made That your debts will be erased Make your best to abuse the system Fortunately our modern state Keeps you out of misery