Statement of Intent
[Verse 1]
The New Zealand music industry just doesn't have a clue
The have a low (or no) opinion of poor seers like me and you
What they've got it pseudo echo and their latest top 10 smash
All they want is to feel powerful (and a grand or two in cash)

[Verse 2]
The New Zealand music industry just Wattie's selling songs
If they've got exclusive rights then they don't care about the wrong
A snort of coke in L.A. with the parent company
Makes a little boy quite happy in the music industry

[Chorus 1]
I won't be led astray
I won't be damned
I won't be held in thrall by your multinational hand

[Verse 3]
The New Zealand music industry gets its product overseas
Cos it can't believe in quality til it gets U.S. release
And its well trained radio stations pump out what it wants to hear
The musical equivalent to epidemic diarrhea
[Chorus 2]
I won't be led astray
I won't be damned
I won't be held in thrall by your multinational hand

[Verse 4]
The New Zealand music industry pays lip service to us
But the taste of Kiwi music must be tantamount to pus
Cos it gets spat out and flushed down someones million dollar bog
Like some fetus (late aborted) cos they've got no time for sprogs

[Chorus 3]
I won't be led astray
I won't be damned
I won't be held in thrall by your multinational hand

I won't be led astray
I won't be damned
I won't be held in thrall by your multinational hand