Lloyd Cole is just peerless when it comes to quirky, incisive lyrics.  Here's something off his forthcoming record Anti Depressant. (And here is a link to a demo of the track that Lloyd released on his blog.)

The young idealists

I know I said I favoured peaceful resolution
But that was when we were the young idealists

The young idealists
Raging through the coffee shops and bars
Make believe the world was really ours
And still supposing we could make a difference

Then we bought into the newcon economic dream
We were trading in futures we believed in

The young idealists
Careering throught the markets to the malls
Venturing that we could have it all
And still supposing we could make a difference

Then the markets fall
The heavens open
There's no synergy at all
Your synergy is broken

So maybe now I'll take that
Wholesale revolution we were talking about
Maybe now I'll take a future we can breathe in

The young idealists
Raging through the forests and the streams
Breaking into your laboratories
And still supposing we can make a difference

Never dreamed of putting slogans on my people mover
But that was when we were the young idealists.

(Lloyd Cole)