Welcome aboard on a ride on the next train!
find what goes on in my life
checking everything in my life
Checking me, controlling me,
keeping files and asking me why
Infuriating, insinuating, following me everywhere,
forget me and leave me out
Red tape I can't do without
There's too much red tape, red tape,
There's too much red tape,
red tape, red tape, in my life
Big brother is watching me
There's too much red tape,
red tape, red tape, in my life
There's so much you want to know
At the airport and in court
You want to know more and more
When I'm married and to whom
Why I left my school so soon
You ask if I pay my taxes
And a passport, photograph
With nasty little red tape
Surely I don't need you in my life
You want to know who I am, what I do
Where I live and how I grew, can I read and can I write,
am I voting left or right?
You are looking everywhere
I hate the red tape, red tape,
I hate the red tape, red tape,
I wanna keep my privacy, but
There's too much red tape,
red tape, red tape in my life
I say I hate red tape, red tape,
Oh nasty little red tape,
I don't want you in my life
I want to keep my privacy
Big brother is watching me
There's too much red tape, red tape,
You are looking everywhere
