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Description
Mastering Engineer: Matt Colton
Studio Musician: Adam Betts
Studio Musician: Andrew McKinney
Associated Performer: Candida Doyle
Associated Performer, Studio Musician: Emma Smith
Associated Performer: Jarvis Cocker
Associated Performer, Programmer: Jason Buckle
Associated Performer: Mark Webber
Associated Performer: Nick Banks
Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Producer: Animesh Raval
Engineer: Annie Gasiorowski
Engineer: Ed Farrell
Engineer: Gordon Davidson
Mixing Engineer, Producer: James Ford
Associated Performer, Studio Musician: Jennymay Logan
Associated Performer: Laura Moody
Associated Performer: Leo Chadburn
Studio Musician: Rich Jones
Composer: Adam Betts
Composer: Andrew McKinney
Composer: Candida Doyle
Composer: Emma Smith
Lyricist: Jarvis Cocker
Composer: Jason Buckle
Composer: Mark Webber
Composer: Nick Banks
Lyrics and translation
Original
We are being strip-mined by the powers that be.
We are being strip-mined by the new bourgeoisie.
Now we're begging.
-Ah! B-E-G-G-I-N-G, begging.
-I wanna change my hair.
I wanna change my name.
I wanna change the storyline, the carpet, my voice, my aims.
B-E-G-G-I-N-G, begging.
I wanna change my shoes. I wanna change my car.
I wanna change my way of life, the -temperature, the way things are.
-B-E-G-G-I-N-G, begging.
I wanna change my job. I wanna change my attitude.
I wanna change myself. I wanna change me, him, and you!
I've seen the future, the future is ours.
You pay with your life, they pay with their cards.
Yeah. B-E-G-G-I-N-G, begging.
It's time to wake up and smell the unfairness. It's the end of the West, which is perhaps for the best.
It's the end of the West, which is perhaps for the best, but I couldn't care less.
I couldn't care less, no!
-B-E-G-G-I-N-G, begging.
-Were we the ones supposed to make a change? Slash prices and deserve breaking supermarket chains? Yes, sir, that was us.
It was a joke. Yes, sir, that was us. It was a joke, yeah!
B-E-G-G-I-N-G, begging.
We took to the streets with a banner that reads, with a banner that reads, "Next customer, please.
" We took to the streets with a banner that reads, "Next customer, please.
Next customer, -please! " -So don't leave.
Begging for. . . Change.
-Begging for. . . -I beg to differ. I beg your pardon.
-Change. -I beg to live.
-Begging for. . . -I beg to breathe.
-Change. -I beg for money. I beg for change.
-Begging for. . . -I beg for food.
-Change. Begging for. . . -I beg to exist.
Change. Begging for. . .
Begging for, begging for, begging for, begging for, begging for, begging for, begging for, begging for.
All throughout history, it's always the same.
Everyone, everywhere begging for change.
I've seen the future, the future is strange.
When you're begging for change, you're begging for change.
Begging for change.
So change!
English translation
We are being strip-mined by the powers that be.
We are being strip-mined by the new bourgeoisie.
Now we're begging.
-Ah! B-E-G-G-I-N-G, begging.
-I wanna change my hair.
I wanna change my name.
I wanna change the storyline, the carpet, my voice, my aims.
B-E-G-G-I-N-G, begging.
I wanna change my shoes. I wanna change my car.
I wanna change my way of life, the -temperature, the way things are.
-B-E-G-G-I-N-G, begging.
I wanna change my job. I wanna change my attitude.
I wanna change myself. I wanna change me, him, and you!
I've seen the future, the future is ours.
You pay with your life, they pay with their cards.
Yeah. B-E-G-G-I-N-G, begging.
It's time to wake up and smell the unfairness. It's the end of the West, which is perhaps for the best.
It's the end of the West, which is perhaps for the best, but I couldn't care less.
I couldn't care less, no!
-B-E-G-G-I-N-G, begging.
-Were we the ones supposed to make a change? Slash prices and deserve breaking supermarket chains? Yes, sir, that was us.
It was a joke. Yes, sir, that was us. It was a joke, yeah!
B-E-G-G-I-N-G, begging.
We took to the streets with a banner that reads, with a banner that reads, "Next customer, please.
" We took to the streets with a banner that reads, "Next customer, please.
Next customer, -please! " -So don't leave.
Begging for. . . Change.
-Begging for. . . -I beg to differ. I beg your pardon.
-Change. -I beg to live.
-Begging for. . . -I beg to breathe.
-Change. -I beg for money. I beg for change.
-Begging for. . . -I beg for food.
-Change. Begging for. . . -I beg to exist.
Change. Begging for. . .
Begging for, begging for, begging for, begging for, begging for, begging for, begging for, begging for.
All throughout history, it's always the same.
Everyone, everywhere begging for change.
I've seen the future, the future is strange.
When you're begging for change, you're begging for change.
Begging for change.
So change!