Tramp the Dirt Down chords by Elvis Costello

One of Elvis Costellos most overtly political tracks (cf: Shipbuilding), a bitter condemnation of the hypocrisy, greed and bloodlust of Margaret, now Baroness, Thatcher... due a re-release soon, to mark her demise and burial, when Elvis promises to "stand there laughing, and tramp the dirt down", joined by several million miners, unemployed, gays, socialists and other groups who her government systematically shafted in their grand project to demolish the welfare state and return England to the Victorian age. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.