Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted - Billy Bragg

Be nice if we could have our cake and eat it

Though that’s impossible to do

But too many have invested in this outcome

They simply can’t afford for it not to come true

We ceded too much power to the market

Let it decide what’s right or wrong

Now everyone seems willing to lent credence

And truth is so devalued, it’s going for a song

Not everything that counts can be counted

Holds the markets to account

Not everything that counts can be counted

Not everything that can be counted counts

People have had enough of experts

And their inconvenient facts

Here’s what the media really won’t tell ya

Exactly who it is that’s taking control back

All opinions are equal

In the free market of ideas

And truth is nothing more than an opinion

That’s the garnered the most likes, provoked the loudest cheers

Not everything that counts can be counted

Holds the market to account

Not everything that counts can be counted

Not everything that can be counted counts

There isn’t really any room for dreamers

If you have principles that’s nice

The market isn’t interested in values

Except for those it can define as price

All bow to the power of the market

Till it throws up a different face

If you’re not white or male or compliant

The system is designed to keep you in your place

Not everything that counts can be counted

Holds the market to account

Not everything that counts can be counted

Not everything that can be counted counts